Blairhill
Location type
StationNames and dates
Drumpeller and Gartsherrie (1889-1899)Blairhill and Gartsherrie (1899-1966)
Blairhill (1966-)
Station code: BAI National Rail ScotRail
Where: North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Opened on the Glasgow and Coatbridge Branch (North British Railway).
Open on the Edinburgh to Glasgow via Bathgate and Airdrie.
Description
This is a two platform station. The station building is above the westbound platform with a footbridge running to the eastbound platform. To the south of the station is the car park. The station serves the north west of Coatbridge.
The station originally had a ticket office and footbridge at the west end. There were waiting rooms on each platform. The main station building, supported on arches, sat above the westbound platform. This was demolished in the 1990s.
The station had no goods yard.
To the west was the signal box and junction for Drumpellier Colliery Pit No 3, Gartsherrie Colliery Pit No 1, Gartsherrie Colliery Pit No 2 and an extensive network of colliery lines to the north of the railway. The box closed in 1960 during re-signalling for electrification preparations, taken over by Sunnyside Junction box.
Gartsherrie House was to the north, now lost under the Coatbridge Freightliner Terminal.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
12/12/2020
Chronology Dates
| 10/09/1951 | Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway Bothwell [North British] to Blairhill via Coatbridge (Sunnyside Junction) closed to passengers. Bellshill [NB] closed. Some irregular passenger trains continue to use the line. |
News items
| 05/02/2022 | Coatbridge MSP's opposition to town's rail office proposals [Daily Record] |
| 10/11/2017 | Blairhill train station introduces brand-new ticket office and waiting area [Daily record] |
