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Newton railway station

Newton National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: Am Baile Ùr
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Location
Place Cambuslang
Local authority South Lanarkshire
Coordinates 55°49′08″N 4°08′01″W / 55.8188°N 4.1337°W / 55.8188; -4.1337Coordinates: 55°49′08″N 4°08′01″W / 55.8188°N 4.1337°W / 55.8188; -4.1337
Grid reference NS693608
Operations
Station code NTN
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 Increase 0.516 million
2012/13 Increase 0.524 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.505 million
2014/15 Increase 0.569 million
2015/16 Increase 0.585 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
History
Original company Clydesdale Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping LMS
1 June 1849 Original station opened
19 December 1873 Closed; new station opened
National RailUK 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 Newton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Newton railway station is a railway station located between the neighbourhoods of Drumsagard, Halfway, Newton and Westburn in the town of Cambuslang (Greater Glasgow), Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail on the Argyle and Cathcart Circle Lines.

The original Newton station was opened as part of the Clydesdale Junction Railway on 1 June 1849. The station also served the Hamilton Branch of the Caledonian Railway. It closed on 19 December 1873 and a new station was opened 662 yards (605 m) due west on the same day. The station later served trains to and from the Glasgow Central Railway and the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway, though neither route survived beyond the mid 1960s - the GCR route via Carmyle closed on 5 October 1964, whilst the L&AR ceased to carry passenger traffic through to the coast as long ago as 1932, with complete closure beyond Neilston following in December 1964. The remainder still forms part of the Cathcart Circle Lines, but there are no longer any through services from here to stations between Muirend & Neilston - passengers must change at Mount Florida.


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