Holytown railway station

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Holytown

Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Chuilinn [1]
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General information
Location New Stevenston, North Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates 55°48′45″N3°58′25″W / 55.8126°N 3.9736°W / 55.8126; -3.9736
Grid reference NS764594
Managed by ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHLY
Key dates
1 June 1880 [2] Opened as Carfin
1 January 1882Renamed Carfin Junction
1 June 1882 [3] Renamed Holytown Junction
1 October 1901Renamed Holytown
Passengers
2018/19Decrease2.svg 0.127 million
Carfin   Cleland and Midcalder Line   Bellshill
Wishaw Central   Caledonian Railway Main Line   Motherwell
  Caledonian Railway Main Line   Mossend
Line open; station closed

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References

  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 53.
  3. Butt 1995, p. 122.
  4. National Rail Timetable, December 2008-May 2009 Ed, Table 225
  5. GB National Rail Timetable 225, Edinburgh - Shotts, Carstairs, Motherwell and Glasgow Central 20 May - 7 December 2013 Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine Network Rail; Retrieved 2013-09-24
  6. GB NRT December 2015 - May 2016, Tables 224 & 225 (Network Rail)

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