Lenzie railway station

Lenzie railway station is a railway station serving Lenzie and Kirkintilloch in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located on the Croy Line, 6 1⁄4 miles (10.1 km) northeast of Glasgow Queen Street. Trains on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line pass Lenzie by. The station is served by Abellio ScotRail.

Lenzie
Scottish Gaelic: Lèanaidh[1]
Location
PlaceLenzie
Local authorityEast Dunbartonshire
Coordinates55.9213°N 4.1542°W / 55.9213; -4.1542
Grid referenceNS655719
Operations
Station codeLNZ
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Number of platforms2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.848 million
2015/16 0.837 million
2016/17 0.682 million
2017/18 0.886 million
2018/19 0.903 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTESPT
History
Original companyEdinburgh and Glasgow Railway (E&G)
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway (NB)
Post-groupingLNER
5 July 1848Opened as Kirkintilloch Junction[2]
December 1849Renamed Campsie Junction[2][3]
November 1867Renamed Lenzie Junction[3][4]
June 1890Renamed Lenzie[4]
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lenzie from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station was opened as Kirkintilloch Junction on 5 July 1848 by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,[2] being renamed three times by the North British Railway, to Campsie Junction in December 1849,[3] Lenzie Junction in November 1867[4] and finally Lenzie in June 1890.[4]

To the east of the station was a complex of junctions which allowed eastbound trains to travel to Kirkintilloch via the Campsie Branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and to Garnqueen South Junction and Gartsherrie North Junction (both with the Caledonian Railway Main Line) to Coatbridge Sunnyside via the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway.[5]

Services

Monday to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service southbound to Glasgow and northbound to Dunblane or Alloa (hourly to each).[6]

In addition to the off peak services, there are a few morning services to Edinburgh via Falkirk High and a limited evening service to Falkirk Grahamston. The latter was formerly served from here throughout the day, but the Glasgow to Falkirk Grahamston service was re-routed to run via Cumbernauld in the mid 1990s to free up paths on the main line. Also, there is a once a day (Monday - Friday) service from Glasgow - Markinch in the evening.

On Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction to Glasgow and Alloa with the first eastbound service of the day going to Aberdeen via Stirling, Perth, Dundee and Arbroath.[6]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Bishopbriggs   Abellio ScotRail
Croy Line
   Croy
  Historical railways  
Bishopbriggs
Station and line open		   Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
North British Railway
   Croy
Station and line open
  Campsie Branch
North British Railway
   Back o' Loch Halt
Station and line closed
  Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
North British Railway
   Coatbridge Sunnyside
Station open; line closed

References

Notes
  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. Butt (1995), page 136
  3. Butt (1995), page 52
  4. Butt (1995), page 141
  5. Jowett (1989), pages 19 & 24
  6. GB National Rail Timetables 228 & 230 (Network Rail)

Sources
  • Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
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