Coatdyke

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Coatdyke (1891-)

Station code: COA National Rail ScotRail
Where: North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Opened on the New Monkland Line (Monkland Railways).
Open on the Edinburgh to Glasgow via Bathgate and Airdrie.

Description

This is a two platform station near Monklands Hospital. The station did not open with the line. When built it was a very rural location, it is now in the west of Airdrie. To the east of the station is the Coatdyke Viaduct. There was no goods or mineral yard, Coatdyke Mineral Depot was on a separate line to the south.

Tags

Station

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map



Chronology Dates

  /  /1891New Monkland Line (Monkland Railways)
Coatdyke station opened.

News items

08/05/2020Coatdyke railway viaduct shines in honour of coronavirus frontline workers [Daily Record]
05/11/2018Fulton MacGregor MSP visits Coatdyke viaduct works to view progress [Network Rail]

Books


Vanished Railways of West Lothian