Coatbridge Central railway station
Coatbridge Central 
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Coatbridge Central railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Coatbridge |
| Local authority | North Lanarkshire |
| Coordinates | 55°51′46″N 4°01′56″W / 55.8629°N 4.0323°WCoordinates: 55°51′46″N 4°01′56″W / 55.8629°N 4.0323°W |
| Grid reference | NS729651 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CBC |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 54,476 |
| 2012/13 |
57,524 |
| 2013/14 |
 56,316 |
| 2014/15 |
51,620 |
| 2015/16 |
54,788 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| March 1842 | Opened as Coatbridge |
| 8 June 1953 | Renamed as Coatbridge Central |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Coatbridge Central from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Coatbridge Central railway station is located in the town of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the Motherwell to Cumbernauld Line. Train services are provided by Abellio ScotRail.
The station was original named Coatbridge and opened in 1842. It was renamed Coatbridge Central in 1953 after the 1826 Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway station named Coatbridge Central had closed in 1951. It is located on what was originally the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway, which later became the Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway. The connection southwards came courtesy of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, with their first passenger train arriving from Morningside in May 1845. Both companies were subsequently taken over by the Caledonian Railway in 1849. A further route to the station, the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway from Glasgow via Rutherglen and Carmyle was opened in August 1866.
The existing station layout is the result of a re-build by the Caledonian Railway in 1900, but the platform level buildings were demolished in the 1970s when the station was a likely candidate for closure due to dwindling patronage and services. Trains from Glasgow Buchanan Street over the original GG&CR route had ceased back in November 1962, whilst those over the R&CR were withdrawn four years later due to the Beeching Axe, leaving only a skeleton service between Motherwell and Stirling/Perth to call here. However, for much of the 1970s and early/mid 1980s this consisted of a pair of through long-distance expresses between London Euston & Inverness - the daytime Clansman (via Birmingham New Street) and overnight Royal Highlander sleeper, along with a mid-morning Perth to Motherwell passenger & parcels train and evening northbound return working that started back at Carlisle.
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