Carstairs railway station
| General information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Carstairs, South Lanarkshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°41′29″N 3°40′09″W / 55.6913°N 3.6692°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS952454 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Transit authority | SPT | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | CRS | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Caledonian Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 15 February 1848 | Station opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 60,948 | ||||
| Interchange | 6,107 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 4,138 | ||||
| Interchange | 873 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 6,986 | ||||
| Interchange | 4,804 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 13,506 | ||||
| Interchange | 7,067 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 28,352 | ||||
| Interchange | 205 | ||||
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Carstairs railway station serves the village of Carstairs in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and is a major junction station on the West Coast Main Line (WCML), situated close to the point at which the lines from London Euston and Edinburgh to Glasgow Central merge. Constructed originally by the Caledonian Railway, the station is managed today by ScotRail who also operate most services which serve the station; it is also served by one TransPennine Express service per day between Manchester Airport and Glasgow Central and one Caledonian Sleeper service each way per day between Glasgow Central and London Euston. All other services by TransPennine Express and services operated by Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry and London North Eastern Railway pass the station, but do not stop.