Drumgelloch railway station
Drumgelloch 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Druim Gailleach | |
Drumgelloch railway station looking towards Airdrie
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| Location | |
| Place | Airdrie |
| Local authority | North Lanarkshire |
| Coordinates | 55°52′01″N 3°57′00″W / 55.867°N 3.9501°WCoordinates: 55°52′01″N 3°57′00″W / 55.867°N 3.9501°W |
| Grid reference | NS781655 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DRU |
| 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 |
 0.269 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.307 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.345 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.387 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.404 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 11 August 1862 | Opened as Clarkston |
| 8 June 1953 | Renamed Clarkston (Lanarks) |
| 9 January 1956 | Closed |
| 6 March 2011 | Reopened as Drumgelloch |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Drumgelloch from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Drumgelloch railway station is a railway station serving the east of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located 600 yards (550 m) east of the 1989 station on the former Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway, on the site of the former Clarkston railway station. The station previously closed in 1956.
The first station on the site was opened on 11 August 1862 by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway, and was named Clarkston. It was renamed Clarkston (Lanarks) on 8 June 1953 by British Railways, who closed it on 9 January 1956.
In 2005, the Scottish Executive announced that the closed section of line between the 1989 Drumgelloch station and Bathgate would be rebuilt as a double-tracked electrified railway termed the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link. This resulted in the closure of the 1989 Drumgelloch station to be replaced by the new station 550m to the east on the site of the former Clarkston station. When the 1989 station opened, although in the Clarkston area, it took the name Drumgelloch to avoid confusion with the Clarkston station on the East Kilbride Line.
It connects the Edinburgh to Bathgate Line at Bathgate to the North Clyde Line at Airdrie and opens up a fourth rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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