Lenzie railway station

Lenzie Scottish Gaelic: Lèanaidh[1]
A Class 385 going to Glasgow Queen Street
Location	Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°55′17″N 4°09′15″W / 55.9213°N 4.1542°W / 55.9213; -4.1542Coordinates: 55°55′17″N 4°09′15″W / 55.9213°N 4.1542°W / 55.9213; -4.1542
Grid reference	NS655719
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LNZ
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (E&G)
Pre-grouping	North British Railway (NB)
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
5 July 1848	Opened as Kirkintilloch Junction[2]
December 1849	Renamed Campsie Junction[2][3]
November 1867	Renamed Lenzie Junction[3][4]
June 1890	Renamed Lenzie[4]
Passengers
2016/17	0.682 million
2017/18	0.886 million
2018/19	0.903 million
2019/20	0.917 million
2020/21	0.136 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Lenzie railway station is a railway station serving Lenzie and Kirkintilloch in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located on the Croy Line, 6+1⁄4 miles (10.1 km) northeast of Glasgow Queen Street. Trains on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line pass Lenzie by. The station is served by Abellio ScotRail.

History[]

The station was opened as Kirkintilloch Junction on 5 July 1848 by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,^[2] being renamed three times by the North British Railway, to Campsie Junction in December 1849,^[3] Lenzie Junction in November 1867^[4] and finally Lenzie in June 1890.^[4]

To the east of the station was a complex of junctions which allowed eastbound trains to travel to Kirkintilloch via the Campsie Branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and to Garnqueen South Junction and Gartsherrie North Junction (both with the Caledonian Railway Main Line) to Coatbridge Sunnyside via the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway.^[5]

Services[]

Monday to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service southbound to Glasgow and northbound to Dunblane or Alloa (hourly to each).^[6]

In addition to the off peak services, there are a few morning services to Edinburgh via Falkirk High and a limited evening service to Falkirk Grahamston. The latter was formerly served from here throughout the day, but the Glasgow to Falkirk Grahamston service was re-routed to run via Cumbernauld in the mid 1990s to free up paths on the main line. Also, there is a once a day (Monday - Friday) service from Glasgow - Markinch in the evening.

On Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction to Glasgow and Alloa with the first eastbound service of the day going to Aberdeen via Stirling, Perth, Dundee and Arbroath.^[6]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bishopbriggs		Abellio ScotRail Croy Line		Croy
	Historical railways
Bishopbriggs Station and line open		Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway North British Railway		Croy Station and line open
		Campsie Branch North British Railway		Back o' Loch Halt Station and line closed
		Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway North British Railway		Coatbridge Sunnyside Station open; line closed

References[]

Notes[]

Sources[]

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• 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 978-1-85260-508-7. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

External links[]

• "Local travel information for Lenzie". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.^{[unreliable source?]}
• "RAILSCOT on the Campsie Branch of the North British Railway". Retrieved 18 July 2011.
• "RAILSCOT on the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway". Retrieved 18 July 2011.
• Video on the infrastructure and Environs of Lenzie railway station