Chatelherault railway station
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Chatelherault railway station serves the village of Ferniegair
on the outskirts of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
. It is named Chatelherault after the nearby Chatelherault Country Park
.
's Coalburn Branch. Passengers for Glasgow had to transfer to Hamilton by coach. It was re-built and re-located as a through station on 2 October 1876, with trains continuing to Motherwell railway station
on the Clydesdale Junction Railway
. The Caledonian Railway closed the station on 1 January 1917.
, and was officially re-opened on the 9 December 2005 by First Minister Jack McConnell
as part of the extension of the Argyle Line
to include Larkhall
.
via Singer and south to Larkhall
. A trial (for one year) Sunday service commenced from December 2007 with an hourly service in each direction, and due to high uptake was made permanent in December 2008.
Ferniegair
Ferniegair is an affluent and expanding suburb of Hamilton, on the road to Larkhall in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.It is at the entrance to Chatelherault Country Park, and when the railway station was re-opened it was named Chatelherault....
on the outskirts of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Hamilton is a town in South Lanarkshire, in the west-central Lowlands of Scotland. It serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. It is the fifth-biggest town in Scotland after Paisley, East Kilbride, Livingston and Cumbernauld...
. It is named Chatelherault after the nearby Chatelherault Country Park
Chatelherault Country Park
Chatelherault Country Park is a country park in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.Its name is derived from the French town of Châtellerault, the title Duc de Châtellerault being held by the Duke of Hamilton....
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History
The station was opened as Ferniegair on 1 December 1866 as a terminus for trains approaching from the south on the Caledonian RailwayCaledonian Railway
The Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century and it was absorbed almost a century later into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, in the 1923 railway grouping, by means of the Railways Act 1921...
's Coalburn Branch. Passengers for Glasgow had to transfer to Hamilton by coach. It was re-built and re-located as a through station on 2 October 1876, with trains continuing to Motherwell railway station
Motherwell railway station
Motherwell railway station serves Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on the West Coast Main Line, and is served also by Argyle Line trains of the Glasgow suburban railway network. It is the penultimate stop on the northbound WCML before Glasgow. There are four platforms of various...
on the Clydesdale Junction Railway
Clydesdale Junction Railway
The Clydesdale Junction Railway was a railway company in Scotland that was formed to run trains between Rutherglen and Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.- History :It received its Royal Assent on 31 July 1845....
. The Caledonian Railway closed the station on 1 January 1917.
Re-opening
The station is on the Argyle LineArgyle Line
The Argyle Line is a suburban railway located in West Central Scotland. It connects the Lanarkshire towns of Lanark, Larkhall and Motherwell to West Dunbartonshire via central Glasgow using sub-surface running...
, and was officially re-opened on the 9 December 2005 by First Minister Jack McConnell
Jack McConnell
Jack Wilson McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale is a British Labour life peer in the House of Lords. He was third First Minister of Scotland from 2001 to 2007, making him the longest serving First Minister in the history of the Scottish Parliament...
as part of the extension of the Argyle Line
Argyle Line
The Argyle Line is a suburban railway located in West Central Scotland. It connects the Lanarkshire towns of Lanark, Larkhall and Motherwell to West Dunbartonshire via central Glasgow using sub-surface running...
to include Larkhall
Larkhall
Larkhall is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and is around southeast of Glasgow. It is twinned with Seclin in northern France.Larkhall sits on high ground between the River Clyde to the East and the Avon Water to the West...
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Services
From the re-opening in December 2005, trains ran on Mondays and Saturdays every 30 minutes north west to DalmuirDalmuir railway station
Dalmuir railway station is a railway station serving the Dalmuir area of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is a large, five platform interchange between the Argyle Line, North Clyde Line and West Highland Line....
via Singer and south to Larkhall
Larkhall railway station
Larkhall railway station serves the town of Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is the south-eastern terminus of the Argyle Line, 26 km south east of Glasgow Central railway station.- History :...
. A trial (for one year) Sunday service commenced from December 2007 with an hourly service in each direction, and due to high uptake was made permanent in December 2008.