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Work begins this month to three railway bridges in Hairmyres as part of the East Kilbride enhancement project.
(Permalink) Bridge works East Kilbride Line Hairmyres |
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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 proposed development is on an area of open ground of Redwood Drive in East Kilbride.
(Permalink) Hairmyres Transport Interchange |
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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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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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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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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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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 expanded transport interchange.
(Permalink) Hairmyres New station 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 ... |
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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.
(Permalink) Barrhead East Kilbride Elecrification Hairmyres |
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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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South Lanarkshire pupils have designed three railway-themed posters to
welcome passengers to Hairmyres station, as part of a ScotRail community project. And the youngsters from Crosshouse Primary School have installed two floral planters on the platform to brighten the station environment. The voluntary work has been made possible by ScotRails Adopt a Station scheme, which aims to put stations at the heart of communities. Lara Tolland, who teaches at Crosshouse Primary School, said: 'This initiative has created a motivating and engaging context for a variety of curricular areas. In particular, it has allowed a very real and relevant purpose for writing and art and design. The children have really taken ownership of the station and have begun to appreciate the positive part they can play within their own community. Crosshouse Primary School was introduced to ScotRails Adopt a Station policy by Margaret McCulloch MSP. Ms McCulloch said: Adopt a Station is a great initiative, which I was more than happy to get behind, and I am delighted that there has been so much interest in East Kilbride and other parts of Lanarkshire. The staff and the pupils at Crosshouse Primary have been really enthusiastic about the initiative and it is genuinely rewarding to see their plants and their artwork brighten up Hairmyres Station. With South Lanarkshire College successfully adopting East Kilbride station and other parts of the line being adopted in East Renfrewshire, I hope passengers travelling from the town to Glasgow will notice the positive difference that is being made at stations along the whole line. John Yellowlees, ScotRail external relations manager said: We thank the pupils for the ongoing work at the station. We are delighted that Hairmyres is one of several stations on the East Kilbride line to be benefitting from voluntary work by adopters. Voluntary gardening is also provided at Giffnock station by Max Bentley and at Clarkston by Busby & Clarkston Horticultural Society. (Permalink) Hairmyres ScotRail Station Adoption  Hairmyres: Crosshouse Primary School pupils Liam Orton, Kai Gallagher, Cameron Sinclair, Jack Ralston, and Emma MacDonald tending to one of their planters at Hairmyres station. [See adjacent news item]
 Hairmyres: Glasgow bound 156439 calls at Hairmyres during the late morning on 2 December 2010. |
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