Stepps railway station

Stepps
National Rail
General information
LocationStepps, North Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°53′24″N 4°08′26″W / 55.8901°N 4.1406°W / 55.8901; -4.1406
Grid referenceNS662684
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSPS
Key dates
1831 or 1832Opened as Stepps Road
5 November 1962Closed
15 May 1989Reopened as Stepps
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 0.272 million
2020/21Decrease 39,066
2021/22Increase 0.135 million
2022/23Increase 0.193 million
2023/24Increase 0.266 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Stepps railway station serves the town of Stepps, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The railway station is located on the Cumbernauld Line, 5¼ miles (8 km) north east of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level) and is managed by ScotRail.

History

The station is sited on the former Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway, which originally opened back to 1831 and later formed part of the Caledonian Railway main line from Glasgow Buchanan Street. A station at Stepps (originally known as Stepps Road) was opened on this line sometime around 1831/2[1] (when the line was extended to Coatbridge), which was then closed by the British Railways on 5 November 1962.[2]

Electrification was established in 2014 with services from Springburn being extended to Cumbernauld.

Services

2017

Monday to Saturday, there is a half-hourly EMU service to Glasgow Queen Street Low Level and Dalmuir westbound and Cumbernauld eastbound along with an hourly diesel service between Queen Street High Level and Falkirk Grahamston.[3] Electric services reverse at Springburn to access the North Clyde Line following the inauguration of electrification between Springburn & Cumbernauld on 18 May 2014,[4] but the service to/from Falkirk remains diesel operated at present.

On Sundays there is an hourly service to Partick via Glasgow Queen St LL and to Cumbernauld.

2018/19

From December 2018, a new half hourly Glasgow - Edinburgh via Cumbernauld and Falkirk Grahamston service started, replacing the hourly DMU service and taking over the existing EMU service between Springburn and Cumbernauld. The service uses new Class 385 EMUs.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Robroyston   ScotRail
Cumbernauld Line
   Gartcosh

Facilities

The station has a car park as well as cycle storage, but is not staffed.[5] There is a ticket machine on the westbound platform, but not on the eastbound platform. A new 48 space car park was opened on the former site of St Joseph's Hall.

References

  1. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick
  2. ^ Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (February 1963) [1962]. Passengers No More 1952–1962. Closures of stations and branch lines (PDF) (2nd ed.). Brighton: GLO. p. 24. OCLC 504319235.
  3. ^ GB National Rail Timetable May - December 2014, Table 224 (Network Rail)
  4. ^ "Rail service to improve" Cumbernauld News article; Retrieved 2014-05-19
  5. ^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Stepps".