Chatelherault railway station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox station Chatelherault railway station serves the villages of Ferniegair and Allanton on the outskirts of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is named Chatelherault after the nearby Chatelherault Country Park.

History

The station was opened as Ferniegair on 1 December 1866 as a terminus for trains approaching from the south on the Caledonian Railway's Coalburn Branch. Passengers for Glasgow had to transfer to Hamilton by coach. It was rebuilt and relocated as a through station on 2 October 1876, with trains continuing to Motherwell railway station on the Clydesdale Junction Railway. The Caledonian Railway closed the station on 1 January 1917, though the line itself continued to carry passengers until October 1965 and freight until 1968.

Re-opening

The station is on the Argyle Line, and was officially re-opened on 9 December 2005 by First Minister Jack McConnell as part of the extension of the Argyle Line to include Larkhall.

Services

From the re-opening in December 2005, trains ran on Mondays and Saturdays every 30 minutes north-west to Template:Stnlnk via Singer and south to Template:Stnlnk. A trial (for one year) Sunday service commenced from December 2007 with an hourly service in each direction, and due to high uptake was made permanent in December 2008.

Template:Asof, the frequency remains unaltered, but northbound trains now run to Template:Rws (southbound trains still start from Dalmuir). The hourly Sunday service runs to/from Template:Rws via Template:Rws.

External links

• Train times and station information for Chatelherault railway station from National Rail
• New Link for Larkhall opens – BBC News Scotland website
• RAILSCOT on Larkhall re-opening
• RAILSCOT on Coalburn Branch
• RAILSCOT on Mid Lanark Lines
• Video footage of Chatelherault railway station

Preceding station	National Rail National Rail			Following station
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