Chatelherault railway station

Chatelherault
General information
Location	Ferniegair, South Lanarkshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.7651°N 4.0044°W / 55.7651; -4.0044
Grid reference	NS743542
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	CTE
History
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Key dates
1 December 1866	Opened as Ferniegair, as a terminus
2 October 1876	Re-located as a through station
1 January 1917	Closed
9 December 2005	Re-opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.114 million
2020/21	13,102
2021/22	45,960
2022/23	61,912
2023/24	73,122
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 Dalmuir via Singer and south to Larkhall. 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.

As of May 2016, the frequency remains unaltered, but northbound trains now run to Milngavie (southbound trains still start from Dalmuir). The hourly Sunday service runs to/from Balloch via Clydebank.

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			Following station
Merryton		ScotRail Argyle Line		Hamilton Central
	Historical railways
Larkhall Central Line and station open		Mid Lanark Lines Caledonian Railway		Motherwell Line and station open (except section between Chatelherault and Ross Junction)
Larkhall East Line partially open; station closed		Coalburn Branch Caledonian Railway