Croy railway station

Croy
Looking south east at the Glasgow bound platform
Location
Place	Croy
Local authority	North Lanarkshire
Coordinates	55°57′18″N 4°02′10″W / 55.955°N 4.036°W / 55.955; -4.036Coordinates: 55°57′18″N 4°02′10″W / 55.955°N 4.036°W / 55.955; -4.036
Operations
Station code	CRO
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	0.516 million
2004/05 *	0.717 million
2005/06 *	0.829 million
2006/07 *	0.935 million
2007/08 *	0.957 million
2008/09 *	1.293 million
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
21 February 1842	Opened[1]
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Croy from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Croy railway station serves the towns of Croy and Kilsyth, as well as part of Cumbernauld, in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line 18 km (11½ miles) north east of Glasgow Queen Street, it is also served by SPT services on the Croy Line. Train services are provided by First ScotRail.

Facilities

The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway station building has been demolished and replaced with a modern, glass and steel building similar in design to that at Bishopbriggs.

The station has park-and-ride facilities, with spaces for over 900 vehicles. There are bus connections to Kilsyth and Cumbernauld.

Services

2011

Monday to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service southbound to Glasgow Queen Street and northbound to Edinburgh. The service is hourly in each direction on evenings and Sundays.

There is also a half hourly service to Stirling Monday to Saturday, which continues alternately to Alloa or Dunblane. This provides a second half hourly service to Glasgow calling at both Lenzie and Bishopbriggs, giving a combined four trains an hour to Glasgow off peak. On Sundays, an hourly service operates between Glasgow and Alloa.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Glasgow Queen Street		First ScotRail Glasgow - Edinburgh Line		Falkirk High
Lenzie		First ScotRail Croy Line		Larbert
	Historical railways
Garngaber Line open; Station closed		Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway North British Railway		Dullatur Line open; Station closed

In literature

The area surrounding Croy station was the inspiration for the 'blasted heath' scene from Shakespeare's Macbeth.^{[citation needed]}

References

Notes

1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 73.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.