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Coatbridge Central
All photographs of this location in date order.
![Bridge carrying link line between Sunnyside and Whifflet S. Junctions. As seen from Coatbridge Central.<br><br>[Brian Forbes //]](/images/12000/12403.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Much abused over the years, Coatbridge Central station, opened by the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway in 1842 and rebuilt by the Caledonian in 1899. Photographed on 8 September 2015, now restored as a copyshop. [See image 44159]<br><br>[John Yellowlees //]](/images/52000/52529.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![The body of withdrawn AC Cars railbus SC 79979 stands on a road trailer in a Coatbridge scrapyard in October 1977 awaiting removal to the Strathspey Railway [see image 16258].<br><br>[Bill Roberton /10/1977]](/images/36000/36743.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![A class 47 southbound through Coatbridge Central in August 1981. The train is the 10.18 Perth - Motherwell with vans attached destined for Manchester.<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/08/1981]](/images/3000/3561.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Coatbridge Central looking south in August 1981.<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/08/1981]](/images/3000/3715.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Southbound tanks through Coatbridge Central behind 56104 in August 1981.<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/08/1981]](/images/6000/6284.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![<I>Come on down!</I> The passenger exit from Coatbridge Central in 1981 [See image 3916]<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/08/1981]](/images/6000/6285.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![The station building at Coatbridge Central, out of use in October 1987. [See image 45340]<br><br>[David Panton /10/1987]](/images/20000/20176.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![314 205 at Coatbridge Central in October 1987 with a train for Milngavie.<br><br>[David Panton 22/10/1987]](/images/21000/21218.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Experimental liveried 101 692 with a Cumbernauld - Motherwell service at Coatbridge Central in July 1997.<br><br>[David Panton /07/1997]](/images/17000/17165.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Coatbridge Central in May 2005.<br><br>[John Furnevel /05/2005]](/images/9000/9898.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Coatbridge Central photographed in May 2005 following conversion to a pub/restaurant. The Caledonian crest remains on the building frontage above the upstairs window. [See image 20176]<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/05/2005]](/images/3000/3904.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![156456 leaves Coatbridge Central on 9 May 2005 with a Motherwell - Cumbernauld service.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/05/2005]](/images/3000/3906.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Now it's a pub. Coatbridge Central in May 2005.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/05/2005]](/images/3000/3907.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![<I>Come on down 2!</I> Passenger exit from Coatbridge Central 24 years on - May 2005. [See image 6285]<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/05/2005]](/images/3000/3916.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![An afternoon Motherwell - Cumbernauld service pulls into Coatbridge Central on 9 May 2005.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/05/2005]](/images/6000/6187.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![A Cumbernauld - Motherwell service, photographed shortly after leaving Coatbridge Central in August 2006 and crossing the plate girder bridge over the Monkland Canal basin.<br><br>[John Furnevel 29/08/2006]](/images/10000/10718.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![EWS 66073 brings northbound coal empties over the A89 and the Monkland Canal basin on the approach to Coatbridge Central in August 2006. Note the sign for Summerlee Heritage Museum on the right.<br><br>[John Furnevel 29/08/2006]](/images/10000/10916.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![107 years on and still watching....one of the Guardians of Coatbridge Central in August 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 31/08/2006]](/images/10000/10486.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Looking west along the Monkland Canal basin at Coatbridge on a grey August afternoon in 2006. A class 90 is taking a northbound train of container flats across the bridge towards Coatbridge Central, just off picture to the right. The train is heading for Coatbridge Freightliner Terminal, a short distance to the north of the station on Gartsherrie Road.<br><br>[John Furnevel 31/08/2006]](/images/44000/44328.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Aberdeen - Mossend empty parcels vans run south through Coatbridge Central on 16 Jan 2007 behind EWS 67030. <br><br>[John Furnevel 16/01/2007]](/images/13000/13194.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Having crossed the bridge over the Monkland Canal basin a Motherwell - Cumbernauld service runs into Coatbridge Central past a tall building reaching from road to platform level. Anybody know what it is/was? <br><br>[John Furnevel 16/01/2007]](/images/13000/13706.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![A Cumbernauld - Motherwell service formed by 156 511 at Coatbridge Central on 26 May 2008.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 26/05/2008]](/images/19000/19192.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![<I>How many railwaymen does it take to...etc</I>? Scene near Coatbridge Central on 26 May. <br><br>[Bill Roberton 26/05/2008]](/images/19000/19193.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Hunterston bound EWS 66004 at Coatbridge Central with empties on 4 March 2009, the same train photographed a short time earlier by David Panton passing Alloa. [Image 22723].<br><br>[Bill Roberton 04/03/2009]](/images/22000/22737.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Northbound 156456 approaches the now fenced off wooden southern end to the platforms at Coatbridge Central with a service for Cumbernauld on 28 October 2009.<br><br>[David Panton 28/10/2009]](/images/26000/26052.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![156 456 pulls out of Coatbridge Central for Motherwell on 28 Oct 2009<br><br>[David Panton 28/10/2009]](/images/26000/26081.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![I don't visit here very often, but when I do the fine 1899 station <br>
building seems to alternate between disuse and use in a new guise. It's back to disuse here on 28 October 2009. The sign boasting a <I>frequent</I> service to Motherwell surely dates from pre-Larkhall branch reopening days when Coatbridge Central was a terminus for electrics as well as the (continuing) hourly Cumbernauld to Motherwell service. <br>
<br><br>[David Panton 28/10/2009]](/images/26000/26255.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Originally opened by the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway in 1842, Coatbridge Central was rebuilt by the Caledonian in 1899. The old building has had its ups and downs in recent years but is currently on a definite down, following its closure after a short run as a pub. The CR initials and 1899 date are still prominent above the windows on the upper level. [See image 3904]<br><br>[Andy Furnevel 02/02/2010]](/images/27000/27480.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Coatbridge Central has experienced a varied level of service over its existence, from good to a period when the service was skeleton and the station lost all its platform buildings. The station still has a somewhat bleak appearance, but is currently served by hourly trains on the Cumbernauld to Motherwell line and one or two electric services in the morning and evening peaks start or terminate here (extended from the Blantyre side of the Hamilton Circle). A Cumbernauld to Motherwell service pulls into the southbound platform on 14 August formed by 156 474.<br><br>[David Panton 14/08/2010]](/images/30000/30312.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![When the platform buildings at Coatbridge Central were demolished <br>
about 40 years ago this structure was somehow overlooked and has <br>
survived to be photographed on 16 October 2010. At platform level it looks like it might have been a toilet, but it reaches down to street level and toilets are not usually multi-storey... Meanwhile, round the corner, the disused 1889 station building, most recently a pub [see image 26255], suffered a serious fire in July. There were already calls for its demolition by those who considered it an eyesore so it's future is uncertain to say the least.<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 16/10/2010]](/images/31000/31157.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Colas Rail's 47739 passes Coatbridge Central on 0Z47 Hamilton to Cadder Yard return LE working on 11 May after delivering wagons for repair to the E G Steele depot. This is one of several such trips made by the locomotive that day.<br><br>[Ken Browne 11/05/2011]](/images/34000/34106.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Freightliner 66513 with the 4C07 return Longannet PS to Ravenstruther coal empties held in the loop at Coatbridge Central on 11 May.<br><br>[Ken Browne 11/05/2011]](/images/34000/34118.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![The main building at Coatbridge Central is still with us - just. Scene on 21 August 2012. [See image 27480] <br>
<br><br>[Colin Miller 21/08/2012]](/images/40000/40070.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![DRS 66428 has the <I>feather</I> for Coatbridge container terminal having run light from Mossend. In the background DBS 66132 approaches with empty coal hoppers from Longannet to Hunterston. [Ref query 7619]<br><br>[Bill Roberton 17/04/2013]](/images/47000/47199.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Still standing... but for how much longer? The old Coatbridge Central station, opened in 1842, rebuilt 1899... looking like the end is nigh...<br><br>[Veronica Clibbery 10/08/2013]](/images/44000/44159.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![The 10.39 (SO) Grangemouth WHM - Daventry passing Coatbridge Central on 10 August behind DRS 66422.<br><br>[Veronica Clibbery 10/08/2013]](/images/44000/44170.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Newly renovated and looking good! An apparent new lease of life for the station building at Coatbridge Central, recently taken over by an office equipment company and seen here on 17 November 2013. [See image 44159]<br><br>[Alastair McLellan 17/11/2013]](/images/45000/45340.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![GBRf 66735 nears Coatbridge Central on 17 March with the 6E45 Fort William - North Blyth empty alumina tanks.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 17/03/2014]](/images/46000/46677.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Train 4M11 Coatbridge to Daventry intermodal passing through Coatbridge Central on 4 September 2014 double headed by Freightliner locomotives 86604 + 86607.<br><br>[Ken Browne 04/09/2014]](/images/48000/48872.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![One of the recently introduced class 68s, DRS 68005, passing through Coatbridge Central on 14 September with the Inverness to Mossend Tesco Express Intermodal service.<br><br>[Ken Browne 14/09/2014]](/images/48000/48896.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Freightliner 86637+86605 approaching Coatbridge Central on 17 March with the 14.01 Coatbridge FLT - Crewe Basford Hall containers.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 17/03/2015]](/images/50000/50682.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![334005 calls at Coatbridge Central on 17 March 2015 with a Cumbernauld - Dalmuir service.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 17/03/2015]](/images/50000/50690.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![DBS 66221 passes Coatbridge Central on 17 March 2015 with the 6S36 Dalston - Grangemouth empty tanks.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 17/03/2015]](/images/51000/51076.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![GBRf 66736 enters Coatbridge Central with the 6S45 North Blyth - Fort William Alcan train. 17 March 2015.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 17/03/2015]](/images/51000/51079.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Colas Railfreight 56078, working the 4N47 Prestwick Airport to Ineos Grangemouth empty aviation fuel tanks, runs north through Coatbridge Central on 14 July 2015.<br><br>[Ken Browne 14/07/2015]](/images/52000/52372.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Class 60 No 60056 on its first visit to Scotland as a Colas loco working 6N47 Prestwick Airport to Grangemouth empty aviation fuel tanks throuigh Coatbridge Central.<br><br>[Ken Browne 29/09/2015]](/images/53000/53633.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Freightliner class 86s No 86613+86614 work 4L81 from Coatbridge FLT - London Gateway FLT through the station. Looming out of the gathering darkness<br><br>[Ken Browne 29/09/2015]](/images/53000/53661.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Freightliner class 86s No 86613+86614 work 4L81 from Coatbridge FLT - London Gateway FLT through Coatbridge Central station. <br><br>[Ken Browne 29/09/2015]](/images/53000/53665.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![DBS Class 66 No. 66060 works 4J08 Longannet - Hunterston empty hoppers through Coatbridge Central station on 29th September 2015.<br><br>[Ken Browne 29/09/2015]](/images/53000/53672.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![DBS class 66 No 66060 works 6G06 Hunterston - Longannet loaded hoppers through the station<br><br>[Ken Browne 29/09/2015]](/images/53000/53678.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![6G08 Hunterston - Longannet loaded coal hoppers passing through Coatbridge Central on 29 September 2015. DBS class 66 No 66165 is in charge.<br><br>[Ken Browne 29/09/2015]](/images/53000/53694.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Freightliner class 86s No 86614+86613 work 0L81 from Mossend to Coatbridge FLT light engine move through Coatbridge Central station. They will return as 4L81 Coatbridge - FLT London Gateway<br><br>[Ken Browne 29/09/2015]](/images/53000/53703.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Freightliner 66550 passes through Coatbridge Central on 29 September with Longannet - Hunterston empties.<br><br>[Ken Browne 29/09/2015]](/images/53000/53712.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![DBS class 66 No 66185 works 4J06 Longannet - Hunterston empty hoppers through Coatbridge Central station on 29th September 2015.<br><br>[Ken Browne 29/09/2015]](/images/53000/53715.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Freightliner class 86s No 86638+86605 on a Mossend to Coatbridge FLT light engine move through Coatbridge Central on 29 September 2015. The pair will return south with the 4M11 Coatbridge - Crewe Basford Hall containers.<br><br>[Ken Browne 29/09/2015]](/images/53000/53723.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Freightliner class 86s No 86605+86638 work 4M11 from Coatbridge FLT - Crewe Basford Hall through Coatbridge Central station on 29th September 2015.<br><br>[Ken Browne 29/09/2015]](/images/53000/53728.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![The empty coaching stock movement from Fort William to Carnforth on the Saturday the 24th of October passing through Coatbridge Central some two hours late.<br><br>[Alastair McLellan 24/10/2015]](/images/53000/53134.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Picture taken from street level, showing ongoing building work at Coatbridge Central. Taken on the 7th of May 2016. [See image 13706]<br><br>[Alastair McLellan 07/05/2016]](/images/55000/55193.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Diverted Edinburgh to Carlisle (9M47) Voyager through Coatbridge on Sunday the 8th of May.<br><br>[Alastair McLellan 08/05/2016]](/images/55000/55169.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Black Five 45407 heading north to Fort William through Coatbridge on Monday 9th for the start of the Jacobite season (and carrying a chalked on message).<br>
<br><br>
Note the network rail crew working on the building on the west side platform, Not sure what that building was used for, as long as I can remember it has always been boarded up. Does anyone have any idea what's going on? It's been re-roofed.<br><br>[Alastair McLellan 09/05/2016]](/images/55000/55201.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![The 1719 Glasgow Central to Aberdeen made up of a combination of a 170 and a 158 set just after passing Coatbridge Jn approaching Coatbridge Central. 09/05/16<br><br>[Alastair McLellan 09/05/2016]](/images/55000/55215.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![86627 and 86828 approaching Coatbridge Cetral with early evening departure to Crewe Bas Hall the tail end of the train just emerging from Coatbridge F.L.T.<br><br>[Alastair McLellan 09/05/2016]](/images/55000/55220.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![Attached is a photo of the empty carriage movement from Edinburgh Waverley to Motherwell Tmd(DRS) with 68 018.<br><br>[Alastair McLellan 11/11/2016]](/images/56000/56993.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![DB Cargo no.66103 heads 4D51 Grangemouth to Mossend through Coatbridge Central on 9 March 2017.<br><br>[Ken Browne 09/03/2017]](/images/58000/58466.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
![After touring West Scotland with the Network Rail train on the evening of 12th July 2017, 37025 <I>Inverness TMD</I> is seen running through the goods loop at Coatbridge Central as it takes the train to Carlisle. <br>
<br><br>[Alastair McLellan 12/07/2017]](/images/60000/60237.jpg "Coatbridge Central")
