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ScotRail has warned travellers that the East Kilbride line may be 'busier than usual'.
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The project is part of the government's wider aim to decarbonise passenger services.
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Network Rail has announced the awarding of £61.5m worth of contracts for the delivery of the East Kilbride Enhancement Project.
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Network Rail is holding a public engagement event on Wednesday 11 October to highlight proposals for Hairmyres and East Kilbride stations.
(Permalink) East Kilbride Hairmyres  Hairmyres: A Glasgow service calls at Hairmyres on 17 November 2018. Running 4 cars on all Saturday services on the East Kilbride line is a good move as these trains can be busy. The feathers for the Hairmyres l ...  Hairmyres: Hairmyres from the station approach in 1988. This view is quite different today. |
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Benefits for the town include electrification of the rail route and a relocated accessible station at Hairmyres. [Announcement made on the 6th.]
(Permalink) East Kilbride Elecrification Hairmyres  Hairmyres: Plans to relocate Hairmyres station have moved closer as Scotland’s Railway, South Lanarkshire Council and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) have agreed to fund and develop an expande ... |
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The Scottish Government has today confirmed funding of £140m that will see the delivery of the East Kilbride Enhancement Project.
In addition, the Transport Minister, Fiona Hyslop confirmed that the Barrhead route electrification and associated station improvement works remain on track for completion in December this year. (Permalink) Barrhead East Kilbride Electrification |
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ScotRail applauded the train driver faced with the 'adorable, feathery family affair'.
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The Labour-led Administration at South Lanarkshire Council say the new interchange is needed to 'get East Kilbride moving again'.
(Permalink) Doubling East Kilbride Electrification Hairmyres Interchange South Lanarkshire Council Hairmyres: Plans to relocate Hairmyres station have moved closer as Scotland’s Railway, South Lanarkshire Council and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) have agreed to fund and develop an expande ... Hairmyres: A Glasgow service calls at Hairmyres on 17 November 2018. Running 4 cars on all Saturday services on the East Kilbride line is a good move as these trains can be busy. The feathers for the Hairmyres l ...  Hairmyres: View from the footplate of Standard tank 80047 passing through Hairmyres in the mid 1960s with ecs for East Kilbride. [Ref query 9287] |
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Safety campaign educates young people about railway dangers along the Glasgow to Barrhead railway corridor.
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The UK infrastructure agency, Network Rail, is never really guilty of underplaying its hand, but they might be accused of being a little modest over a project about to get under way in Scotland. The price tag, at nearly £64 million pounds (around 75 million euro), is certainly high enough to merit the headlines, but the overall scheme is delivering a step-change to more than just the single commuter route. Its not much short of modernising the second biggest metro in Britain.
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Network rail has provided more information about works which will see trains to Barrhead on the Glasgow Central to Kilmarnock line replaced by buses.
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Trains on a busy line from Glasgow Central to Kilmarnock will be replaced by buses for the entirety of July, ScotRail has announced.
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Transport Scotland's sudden announcement of a U-turn on track doubling caused anger among local residents and politicians.
(Permalink) East Kilbride Single track  Hairmyres: Glasgow Central to East Kilbride 156462 approaching Hairmyres station on 9th March 2018.  East Kilbride: The 4-car 16.43 Glasgow Central to East Kilbride service, approaching its destination on 4 April. |
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The new bridge on Nithsdale Road, in the southside of Glasgow, will open this evening.
(Permalink) Barrhead East Kilbride Electrification Nithsdale Road  Strathbungo: 156 467 passes the site of Strathbungo station and the demolished Nithsdale Road bridge with the 16.10 from Glasgow Central to Kilmarnock. The works are in connection with electrification of the rout ... |
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A historic Glasgow footbridge has been removed and local people give their reactions.
The Strathbungo Bridge, in Glasgow's Southside, has been dismantled yesterday by Network Rail staff. It is part of the Barrhead to Glasgow electrification project, in turn, part of a bid to decarbonise passenger services on Scotlands railway by 2035. A Grade C-listed structure, the footbridge was constructed in 1877 and will be fondly remembered by some residents. One person described the construction as a 'sorry sight'. (Permalink) Barrhead East Kilbride Electrification Strathbungo  Strathbungo: The former Strathbungo station footbridge, dating from 1877 and Grade C-listed, has been refurbished as seen here on 26th April 2021.
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Scotland's Railway is working to deliver the next in a series of enhancements to the power supply supporting our electrified railway network.
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Locals have criticised the loss of mature trees that have been felled to make way for new railway infrastructure.
(Permalink) Barrhead Darnley Road East Kilbride Electrification Strathbungo Tree felling |
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Network Rail say trains between EK and Glasgow Central will not run next weekend due to preparation works on the line.
(Permalink) East Kilbride Electrification  Busby: An East Kilbride service calls at Busby on 20 June. It will shortly enter the single track section through Throntonhall and Hairmyres which sadly limits the capabilities of this line.  East Kilbride: A train for Glasgow Central about to depart from East Kilbride in August 2006.  Thorntonhall: Running approximately 10 minutes late, an East Kilbride - Glasgow Central service passes under the bridge carrying the A726 on the approach to Thorntonhall on 11 February. |
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Joe Fagan has branded the ditching of 'dualling' plans as 'economic vandalism'.
(Permalink) Double track East Kilbride  Hairmyres: 156446 forming a Glasgow Central - East Kilbride service on 11 February, photographed on the approach to Hairmyres Station. East Kilbride: The 4-car 16.43 Glasgow Central to East Kilbride service, approaching its destination on 4 April.  Thorntonhall: The station building at Thorntonhall in the pouring rain on the morning of 6 May 2007. View towards East Kilbride. |
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Labour MSP Monica Lennon says there is wide-spread anger at a sudden U-turn on rail upgrade plans for the town.
(Permalink) Doubling East Kilbride  Hairmyres: Glasgow Central - East Kilbride service approaching Hairmyres on 22 May 2009.  East Kilbride: 156495 and 156511, on arrival at East Kilbride, with the 12.17 departure from Glasgow Central. Flats occupy the former goods yard.
 Thorntonhall: The diminutive station building at Thorntonhall, viewed from the road bridge. Thorntonhall is served by only alternate trains. |
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Angry locals took to social media to slam the service from East Kilbride to Glasgow.
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Three ScotRail station ticket offices earmarked for closure are to be reprieved for at least two years pending a review of their potential to increase sales.
(Permalink) Bellshill Cartsdyke Clydebank Dalmuir East Kilbride High Street Hyndland Larbert Paisley Gilmour Street Partick Ticket offices Wemyss Bay Wishaw Woodhall  Cartsdyke: Although superficially similar to its coevals in Glasgow and Lanarkshire Cartsdyke's station has a ticket window separate from the waiting room. I'm sure they knew what they were doing.  Clydebank: A study of the station building at Clydebank, one of the many standard structures put up on electrified lines in the Glasgow area in the 1970s leaving few original buildings. In the background is the ...  Woodhall: Glasgow Road entrance to Woodhall station on 29 April. Short on well-kept flower beds, no comfy waiting room, but at least there is a ticket office. |
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Independent councillor David Watson is calling for Scottish Government ministers to speak at an area committee meeting.
(Permalink) Doubling East Kilbride Single track Hairmyres: Glasgow Central to East Kilbride 156462 approaching Hairmyres station on 9th March 2018. East Kilbride: The 4-car 16.43 Glasgow Central to East Kilbride service, approaching its destination on 4 April. Thorntonhall: Running approximately 10 minutes late, an East Kilbride - Glasgow Central service passes under the bridge carrying the A726 on the approach to Thorntonhall on 11 February. |
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Both Tory Graham Simpson and the SNP's Collette Stevenson say more detail is needed on the transport proposals.
(Permalink) Clyde Metro East Kilbride East Kilbride: 156495 and 156511, on arrival at East Kilbride, with the 12.17 departure from Glasgow Central. Flats occupy the former goods yard.
 East Kilbride: Fowler 4F 0-6-0 no 43849 photographed in May 1959 shortly after passing East Kilbride on the stub of the former line to High Blantyre. The short freight is destined for the nearby works of Mavor and C ...  East Kilbride: Ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 no 57575 and driver M. Gibson having fun at East Kilbride on 16 May 1951. |
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A consultation has been launched into proposals by ScotRail which would see both East Kilbride and Hairmyres ticket offices close early.
(Permalink) East Kilbride Hairmyres Ticket office Hairmyres: A Glasgow service calls at Hairmyres on 17 November 2018. Running 4 cars on all Saturday services on the East Kilbride line is a good move as these trains can be busy. The feathers for the Hairmyres l ...  East Kilbride: The crew of 156431 changes ends during a short stop at the functional terminus of the East Kilbride line before dropping back down the branch with another service for Glasgow Central. |
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The Transport minister and Cabinet Secretary are being questioned after scrapping plans to dual the East Kilbride line
(Permalink) Doubling East Kilbride  East Kilbride: 156462 just arrived at the terminus at East Kilbride from Glasgow Central, on the evening of 2nd October 2018. This is the only non-electrified line on the Glasgow suburban network. However, an item ... Hairmyres: Glasgow Central - East Kilbride service approaching Hairmyres on 22 May 2009.  Busby: Looking towards Busby station on 8 September 2007. In the foreground the line becomes single to East Kilbride. |
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And there were calls for even more ambitious plans to be put in place.
(Permalink) Double Track East Kilbride Electrification Hamilton East Kilbride: 156495 and 156511, on arrival at East Kilbride, with the 12.17 departure from Glasgow Central. Flats occupy the former goods yard.
 East Kilbride: Ongoing work in February 2013 involving the upgrading of the cycle track which nowadays replaces the the siding that once ran from East Kilbride Station to Mavor and Couson's engineering works at Ners ...  East Kilbride: Bridge over the trackbed of the line that once served the Mavor & Coulson works at Nerston, East Kilbride. Photographed in July 2008. |
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The Scottish Government had promised that the line between East Kilbride and Busby would be dualled [doubled] and electrified.
(Permalink) Double Track East Kilbride Hairmyres: Glasgow Central to East Kilbride 156462 approaching Hairmyres station on 9th March 2018. East Kilbride: The crew of 156431 changes ends during a short stop at the functional terminus of the East Kilbride line before dropping back down the branch with another service for Glasgow Central. Thorntonhall: Running approximately 10 minutes late, an East Kilbride - Glasgow Central service passes under the bridge carrying the A726 on the approach to Thorntonhall on 11 February. |
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It has now been revealed the number of park and ride spaces at a new Hairmyres transport hub will be scaled back.
(Permalink) Doubling East Kilbride Electrification Hairmyres Hairmyres: Glasgow Central - East Kilbride service approaching Hairmyres on 22 May 2009. East Kilbride: The 4-car 16.43 Glasgow Central to East Kilbride service, approaching its destination on 4 April.  East Kilbride: 156442 with a morning Glasgow Central - East Kilbride service approaching its destination on 2 December 2010. |
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Transport Scotland announced that plans to dual [double] track the EK line have been ditched - sparking a furious backlash.
(Permalink) Doubling East Kilbride Single track Hairmyres: Glasgow Central to East Kilbride 156462 approaching Hairmyres station on 9th March 2018. East Kilbride: The 4-car 16.43 Glasgow Central to East Kilbride service, approaching its destination on 4 April. East Kilbride: 156442 with a morning Glasgow Central - East Kilbride service approaching its destination on 2 December 2010. |
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Transport Scotland now say the line between East Kilbride and Busby will only be single-tracked with cash used elsewhere.
(Permalink) Doubling East Kilbride Electrification Single track  East Kilbride: The rear of the 16.43 Glasgow Central - East Kilbride service approaching East Kilbride station (seen in the background) on 4 April 2009.
East Kilbride: The 4-car 16.43 Glasgow Central to East Kilbride service, approaching its destination on 4 April. East Kilbride: 156442 with a morning Glasgow Central - East Kilbride service approaching its destination on 2 December 2010. |
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Work on the East Kilbride and Barrhead Electrification Project has moved a step closer.
(Permalink) Barrhead East Kilbride Electrification  Barrhead: Full house at Barrhead with a stopping train for Glasgow in the bay, a
non-stopper at Platform 2 and a Kilmarnock service pulling in to Platform 1. East Kilbride: The crew of 156431 changes ends during a short stop at the functional terminus of the East Kilbride line before dropping back down the branch with another service for Glasgow Central. |
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A broken down train has been causing chaos on lines in and out of Glasgow this moring.
(Permalink) Breakdown Delays East Kilbride Hairmyres  East Kilbride: A 4-car 156 about to return to Glasgow on 5 January 2019. East Klbride is a terminus crying out for a second patform, but I suppose to be effective the doubling would have to extend to the Hairmyres l ... Hairmyres: A Glasgow service calls at Hairmyres on 17 November 2018. Running 4 cars on all Saturday services on the East Kilbride line is a good move as these trains can be busy. The feathers for the Hairmyres l ... |
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Due to the 'bridge's poor condition and low usage', it was argued demolition was the only way to go.
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Works could be carried out on Pollokshaws viaduct if city planners approve plans.
(Permalink) East Kilbride East Kilbride Electrification Electrification Pollokshaws Viaduct  Pollokshaws Viaduct: 156493 crossing Pollokshaws viaduct at the rear of a three unit train heading towards Glasgow Central  Pollokshaws Viaduct: Black 5 44900 crossing Pollokshaws Viaduct over the River Cart with an up freight on 8 September 1956. |
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Work will soon begin to lay foundations for overhead powerlines along the East Kilbride-Glasgow Central railway as part of a multi-million-pound investment in the route.
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Scotland's Transport Secretary Michael Matheson visited the ground investigation works for the East Kilbride rail corridor project.
The post Scotlands Transport Secretary visits progress on East Kilbride electrification appeared first on Rail Business Daily. (Permalink) East Kilbride Electrification Michael Matheson |
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Joe Fagan has asked for assurances and proper leadership to ensure plans to electrify the East Kilbride rail line actually happens.
The Labour councillor was speaking after Transport Secretary Michael Matheson confirmed last week that the route would finally be upgraded. (Permalink) Barrhead East Kilbride Elecrification |
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Commitment to decarbonise passenger rail services by 2035. Plans to decarbonise Scotland's rail passenger services by 2035 have been launched by Transport Secretary Michael Matheson today.
Railscot note - PDF page 8 shows electrification of lines by 2035: - Glasgow - Aberdeen - Inverurie - All lines in Fife including Levenmouth - Highland Main Line - Borders line - Glasgow - Barrhead - Dumfries - Carlisle - East Kilbride - Kilmarnock - Ayr - Anniesland - Maryhill Partial electrification or alternative technology: - Ayr- Girvan - Inverurie - Inverness - Tain Battery or alternative technology: - West Highland Lines - Far North Line - Kyle Line - Girvan - Stranraer (Permalink) Aberdeen Barrhead Battery train Borders line Dumfries East Kilbride Electrification Far North Line Fife Girvan Highland Main Line Inverurie Kilmarnock Kyle Line Levenmouth Maryhill Stranraer Tain West Highland Lines  Scotland: Transport Scotland - Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan for 2035. Lines shown in red are to be electrified. Those in yellow to be alternative traction, possibly prior to electrification. Those ... |
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Work being carried out by Network Rail on the East Kilbride line is believed to be for the proposed upgrading of train services.
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Network Rail has announced that tree cutting work on the line between Glasgow and East Kilbride / Barrhead, paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will now resume.
(Permalink) Barrhead Covid-19 East Kilbride Electrification Network Rail  East Kilbride: Clearing the trees and vegetation along the 11-mile railway corridor is now underway and will be ongoing until December. It will enable site and geological investigation (SI/GI) which will inform the ... |
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Network Rail has announced that tree cutting work on the line between Glasgow and East Kilbride will resume in March.
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Plans unveiled this week would see Hairmyres station relocated further west, near to St James Retail Centre, with improved park-and-ride facilities.
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ScotRail has announced a boost for customers in South Lanarkshire, with more seats to be made available for the increasingly popular East Kilbride and Barrhead services.
Additional Class 156 trains will be provided during the morning and evening between Glasgow Central and East Kilbride / Barrhead from May 2019. (Permalink) Barrhead Class 156 East Kilbride |
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A consultation into park-and-ride facilities at railway stations across South Lanarkshire including two in East Kilbride is underway.
The council wants to find out residents opinions on the draft strategy covering all 19 facilities in the region. And Hairmyres station which commuters and local politicians have long criticised over a lack of parking which sees people take up limited spaces at the nearby hospital has been identified as a high priority in the new multi-million pound park-and-ride plan. (Permalink) East Kilbride Hairmyres  Hairmyres: A dmu from Glasgow Central about to leave Hairmyres on 6 May 2007 with a service for East Kilbride. |
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New flatscreen Customer Information Screens have been installed on the Crossmyloof, East Kilbride Line, Dumfries, Bishopbriggs, Lenzie, the Fife Circle (funded by Fife Council) and Carnoustie (funded by Angus Council).
(Permalink) East Kilbride  Aberdour: GBRf 66746 draws away from Aberdour with the Royal Scotsman from Edinburgh to Keith on 3 July 2023.
 Aberdour: 66743 runs through Aberdour with the 'Royal Scotsman' to Boat of Garten on 4 September 2023. The houses in the background are on the site of a loading bank used to transfer stone from nearby Hawkcraig ... |
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Six-car running on selected peak-hour services has commenced to East Kilbride and Bathgate.
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Finance and Public Service Minister Andy Kerr MSP welcomes completion of £4.2M East Kilbride line platform extensions project.
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The Scottish Executive has announced £10M for platform lengthening on the Fife Circle, Edinburgh to Bathgate, Edinburgh to Stirling and Dunblane and the East Kilbride lines.
The following stations will be effected: South Gyle, North Queensferry, Dalgety Bay, Aberdour, Kinghorn, Glenrothes, Cardenden, Lochgelly, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline Queen Margaret, Rosyth, Uphall, Livingston North, Bathgate, Bridge of Allan, Pollockshaws West, Giffnock, Clarkston, Busby, Thorntonhall, Hairmyres, and East Kilbride (Permalink) East Kilbride |
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From the 6th of January the full pre-dispute timetable will be reinstated with the return of peak expresses at Balloch and Milngavie and the half-hourly daytime Dalmuir-Bellgrove via Yoker trains. Under the terms of the compensation package agreed between ScotRail and SPT for the impact of the special timetable during the dispute, there will also be new peak hour trains at Ayr, Barrhead, Busby and East Kilbride.
A half-hourly service will be introduced to Wishaw, Carluke and Lanark by diverting the hourly electric train via Hamilton that until January 2002 ran to Coatbridge Central (which will however regain Argyle Line services in the evening and morning peak - and after the evening peak the Motherwell-Cumbernauld service will run until 2126/2159). So as to avoid reversal at Motherwell, most of the new trains to/from Lanark will run via and call at Holytown, providing a direct Hamilton-Lanark service. Prior to 6 January the Motherwell-Wishaw via Holytown route was 'served' only by the 0643 Motherwell-Lanark and at the Mossend east-to-south curve by the 1721 Edinburgh-Shotts-Motherwell. The last regular service was the Lanarkshire diesel 'Green Trains' which ceased in 1974 on the electrification of the West Coast Main Line. (Permalink) Ayr Barrhead Bellgrove Busby Carluke Coatbridge Central Dalmuir East Kilbride Hamilton Lanark Lanark ScotRail Wishaw |
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ScotRail's summer timetable (2 June to 28 September) is now available. It is available in two books; ScotRail services and connections excluding Strathclyde, ScotRail services covering Strathclyde.
The following routes continue to see a reduced timetable while a backlog of driver training is made up in the aftermath of the dispute : Edinburgh-Glasgow (half-hourly plus extras in peak hours) Glasgow North Bank (evening timetable) Argyle Line (no services to Coatbridge Central) Maryhill (hourly) Barrhead (locals hourly) West Calder (two Edinburgh-Glasgow trains each way don't run east of Shotts, there are no weekday terminators from Edinburgh) Cowdenbeath (hourly daytime terminators suspended) There are the following innovations : Edinburgh Crossrail with new stations at Brunstane and Newcraighall - runs across Edinburgh from Bathgate to Newcraighall to Dunblane Full Class 322 timetable to North Berwick with twice-daily services each way from/to Glasgow Central High Level Additional services at 0809 from Prestonpans and 0737 from West Calder to Edinburgh Sunday evening service to/from East Kilbride extended to weekday last train times Far North/Kyle Sunday trains retimed to improve connections Other Train Operating Company changes effecting Scotland include : GNER 1900 Kings Cross-Edinburgh terminates Newcastle FX and 2300 Edinburgh-Newcastle withdrawn. Kings Cross-Glasgow services stepped back to allow longer turnround time, some call additionally at Haymarket Arriva Trains Northern reinstate 0947 Leeds-Glasgow and 1410 return (Permalink) Barrhead Brunstane Cowdenbeath East Kilbride Far North Line Kyle Line Maryhill Newcraighall ScotRail |
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