Carluke railway station

Carluke
Scottish Gaelic: Cathair MoLuaig
Carluke railway station in 1998
Location
Place	Carluke
Local authority	South Lanarkshire
Coordinates	55°43′52″N 3°50′56″W / 55.73115°N 3.8489°W / 55.73115; -3.8489Coordinates: 55°43′52″N 3°50′56″W / 55.73115°N 3.8489°W / 55.73115; -3.8489
Grid reference	NS839501
Operations
Station code	CLU
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12	0.328 million
2012/13	0.346 million
2013/14	0.369 million
2014/15	0.393 million
2015/16	0.396 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Key dates	Opened 8 January 1842 (8 January 1842)
Original company	Wishaw and Coltness Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
National Rail – UK railway stations
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Carluke from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Carluke railway station is a railway station on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) that serves the town of Carluke, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is predominantly served by Argyle Line commuter trains to Lanark, Milngavie and Dalmuir.

The station was originally opened as Stirling Road station on 8 January 1842 by the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, not adopting its present name until becoming part of the newly opened Caledonian Railway Main Line extension from on 15 February 1848. It was rebuilt by the Caledonian Railway around the start of the 20th century,. It passed to the control of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) upon its formation on 1 January 1923 under the terms of the Railways Act 1921 until the nationalisation of the "Big Four" on 1 January 1948 and the resultant creation of British Railways. Thereafter, control of the station, in common with all of those on the WCML north of Gretna, became the responsibility of BR's Scottish Region until the formation of the Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive (GGPTE) on 1 June 1973. Under the terms of the Transport Act 1968, the specification of timetables, fares and quality standards for all rail services within the erstwhile Strathclyde region became the responsibility of the PTE, with trains and stations receiving their distinctive corporate colourscheme from 1985. However, in November 2005, these powers were transferred to the Scottish Executive and were subsequently passed to Transport Scotland upon its creation on 1 January 2006. Consequently, both the station and the rail services which call thereat are today operated by ScotRail.