Newton railway station

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Newton

Scottish Gaelic: Am Baile Ùr [1]
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General information
Location Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates 55°49′08″N4°08′01″W / 55.8188°N 4.1337°W / 55.8188; -4.1337
Grid reference NS664604
Managed by ScotRail
Transit authority Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeNTN
History
Original company Clydesdale Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping LMS
Key dates
1 June 1849Original station opened
19 December 1873Closed; new station opened
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 0.678 million
 Interchange Increase2.svg 62,933
Terminus  Caledonian Railway
Glasgow Central Railway
  Carmyle
Line closed;
station open on another route
Kirkhill
Line and station open
  Caledonian Railway
Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
 Terminus
Uddingston
Line and station open
  Caledonian Railway
Clydesdale Junction Railway
  Cambuslang
Line and station open
Blantyre
Line and station open
  Caledonian Railway
Hamilton Branch
 Terminus

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References

Notes

  1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN   978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. "A Report of an Inquiry into the Collision that occurred on 21 July 1991 at Newton Junction" (PDF). Retrieved 10 February 2008.
  3. "PST Park & Ride Facilities".
  4. "South Lanarkshire Council – Pride Of Place". Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  5. 'Vital' £800k railway works to take place in Cambuslang's Newton, Jack Haugh, Glasgow Times, 14 July 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022
  6. GB National Rail Timetable 2013-14, Table 226
  7. GB National Rail Timetable 2013-14, Table 223
  8. GB National Rail Timetable 2014-15, Table 225
  9. Table 223, 225 & 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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