Greenfaulds railway station


Greenfaulds railway station serves the Greenfaulds area of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is also within walking distance of the Lenziemill industrial estate, the Luggie Water and the Blairlinn industrial estate. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is located north east of Glasgow Queen Street on the Cumbernauld Line and is north of Motherwell railway station on the Motherwell to Cumbernauld Line.

History

The station was opened on 15 May 1989 by British Rail with financial backing from what was then the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive. It was on a new site and was built as part of the plan to upgrade the Queen Street to Cumbernauld line. The Motherwell service began calling here when it was inaugurated in May 1996.

Services

2017

The typical service Monday-Saturday is:
On Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction to Cumbernauld and only.
There are also two large park and ride car parks at the station with both being behind the station.

2018/19

From December 2018, a new half hourly Glasgow - Edinburgh via Cumbernauld and Falkirk Grahamston service will start, replacing the hourly DMU service and take over the existing EMU service between Springburn and Cumbernauld. The new service will use new Class 385 EMUs. The service between Cumbernauld and Dalmuir via Motherwell and Glasgow Central will continue to operate with existing stock.
The typical Monday - Saturday service will be: