Croy railway station

Croy railway station serves the village of Croy – as well as the nearby town of Kilsyth and parts of Cumbernauld – in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line, 11+1⁄2 miles (18.5 km) northeast of Glasgow Queen Street. The station services include the Glasgow–Edinburgh mainline and between Glasgow Queen Street and Stirling. Train services are provided by ScotRail.

Croy Scottish Gaelic: Crothaidh
General information
Location	Croy, North Lanarkshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.9555°N 4.0365°W / 55.9555; -4.0365
Grid reference	NS729754
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CRO
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
21 February 1842	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	1.373 million
2020/21	0.194 million
2021/22	0.719 million
2022/23	1.061 million
2023/24	1.306 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Facilities

The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway station building has been demolished and replaced with a modern, glass and steel building designed by IDP Architects—adopted from the designs at the Bishopbriggs.

The station has park-and-ride facilities, with spaces for over 900 vehicles, including cycle parking and charging points for electrical vehicles. They have also placed bus connections from this station to Kilsyth and Cumbernauld. The lines through the station have been electrified as part of the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme. The platform lengthening work has been carried out as part of this scheme.

In November 2021, the installation of an accessible footbridge began. This enabled step-free access to both platforms. In October 2022, the project was completed and opened to the public for use.

Services

2011

From Monday to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service southbound to Glasgow Queen Street and northbound to Edinburgh. Moreover, the service runs every hour 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.

2016

The service includes half-hourly express to Queen Street and Edinburgh on the E&G main line in the daytime, and hourly during evenings and Sundays. Half-hourly (local) service each way on the Croy Line to Queen Street and to Stirling, then alternating to either Dunblane or Alloa. Hourly to Queen Street and Alloa on Sundays.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Lenzie		ScotRail Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line		Falkirk High
Lenzie		ScotRail Croy Line		Larbert
	Historical railways
Dullatur Line open, station closed		North British Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway		Lenzie Line and station open or Kirkintilloch (E&GR) Line open, station closed

Electrification

As part of the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme, the line through the station has been electrified.

References

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. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
• 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.