Carfin railway station
Railway station in North Lanarkshire, Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carfin railway station is a railway station serving both Carfin and Newarthill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is 14 miles (22 km) southeast of Glasgow Central railway station on the Shotts Line between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
General information | |||||
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Location | Newarthill, North Lanarkshire Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 55.8076°N 3.9556°W / 55.8076; -3.9556 | ||||
Grid reference | NS775588 | ||||
Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | CRF | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | LMS | ||||
Key dates | |||||
?[2] | Opened as Carfin Halt | ||||
1 December 1930[2] | Closed | ||||
?[2] | Reopened | ||||
16 May 1983[2] | Renamed | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.101 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.102 million | ||||
2020/21 | 17,510 | ||||
2021/22 | 65,146 | ||||
2022/23 | 87,220 | ||||
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It contains two platforms; one for trains in the direction of Glasgow, and the other for trains to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts.
Like the following stop on the Shotts Line, Holytown, the location of the station is ambiguous. It is located on the border between Carfin and Newarthill, for much of its recent history closer to a housing estate in the latter. It is now bordered immediately on both sides by housing developments.