Blairhill railway station
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Scotland
Blairhill  | |||||
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 Blairhill railway station in 2019 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°51′59″N 4°02′34″W / 55.8665°N 4.0427°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS722655 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BAI | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | North British Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LNER | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 February 1871 | Opened as Blairhill and Gartsherrie[1] | ||||
| 1960s??? | Renamed as Blairhill[1] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  54,710 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.203 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.290 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.343 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.378 million | ||||
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Blairhill railway station serves the Blairhill area of the town of Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is 8½ miles (13 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street railway station. Situated on Blair Road, the railway station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, comprising Class 334s on Edinburgh to Helensburgh services, and Class 318s and Class 320s on Airdrie to Balloch services.
The station was built opened on 1 February 1871 and was previously called Blairhill and Gartsherrie.[1] It bordered the original St. Ambrose High School from 1961 until the buildings were demolished in 2012.
Facilities
The street-level platform, which now bears the "portacabin" ticket office, once supported a wooden station building which housed a ticket office and newsagent. On the night of 12 January 1987, shortly after being painted in the bright orange livery of the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive, this building was burned to the ground. The station now has a staffed ticket office during working hours (Monday-Saturday). A new purpose built car park on the site of the former St. Ambrose High School now serves the station.[2]
