Greenfaulds

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Greenfaulds (1989-)

Station code: GRL National Rail ScotRail
Where: North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Opened on the Caledonian Railway.
Open on the Glasgow to Cumbernauld via Duke Street.

Description

This is a two platform station. It was opened to serve the southern part of Cumbernauld as the 'new town' extended south.

Tags

Station
02/01/2021

Facilities

Gaelic name: A^ Bhualie Ghlas




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Tourist/other
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Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

15/05/1989Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway
Stepps station opened. Served by the Springburn to Cumbernauld services, and Greenfaulds opened on the same day.
15/05/1989Caledonian Railway
Greenfaulds station opened. Served by the Springburn to Cumbernauld services, and Stepps opened on the same day.
  /12/2004Caledonian Railway
Work begins on a 320 space car park at Greenfaulds station.

News items

14/04/2022Bomb squad called to Scottish railway station after 'WW2 explosive' discovered [Daily Record]
13/10/2021Concerns raised over key rail link being shed for passengers at Cumbernauld and Greenfaulds [Glasgow World]
07/08/2020London link lined up for station in Cumbernauld [Cumbernauld News]
18/05/2003ScotRail's summer timetable [ScotRail]

Books


An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Bradshaw's Guides Scotlands Railways West Coast - Carlisle to Inverness: 5

Caledonian Dunalastairs and Associated Classes (Locomotive Monograph)

Caledonian in LMS Days (Railways in Retrospect)

Caledonian Railway

Caledonian Railway Carriages

Caledonian Railway Livery: The True Line Elegance and Style

Caledonian Railway Wagons & Non-Passenger Coaching Stock

Caledonian Routes 3: Stirling to Crianlarich - DVD - Oakwood Press

Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History)

Callander & Oban Railway Through Time

Callander and Oban Railway (Library of Railway History)

Carlisle To Beattock: including the Dumfries Branch (Scottish Main Lines)

Carlisle to Hawick: The Waverley Route (Scml)

Signalling the Caledonian Railway

The Caledonian Railway 'jumbos' the 18in. X 26in. 0-6-0s

The Caledonian, Scotland's Imperial Railway: A History

The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos)

Through Scotland with the Caledonian Railway

Vanished Railways of West Lothian