Cumbernauld Line

Cumbernauld Line
File:Railway near Greenfoot in 2006.jpg Route near Greenfoot in 2006
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Glasgow Scotland
Operation
Owner	Network Rail
Operator(s)	Abellio ScotRail
Rolling stock	British Rail Class 156 British Rail Class 158 British Rail Class 170 British Rail Class 318 British Rail Class 320 British Rail Class 334
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

Cumbernauld Line
Legend Glasgow Queen Street Buchanan Street Croy Line & Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line Springburn North Clyde Line Stepps Gartcosh Motherwell to Cumbernauld Line Greenfaulds Cumbernauld Croy Line & Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line Highland Main Line & Croy Line to Alloa Camelon Falkirk Grahamston Edinburgh to Dunblane Line

The Cumbernauld Line is a suburban railway line linking Glasgow to Falkirk via Cumbernauld in Scotland. Since May 2014, the newly electrified track between Springburn and Cumbernauld has become an extension of the North Clyde network.

Services

All passenger services on this Line are operated by Abellio ScotRail.

Following electrification between June 2013 and May 2014, Cumbernauld services have become an extension of the North Clyde Line's Springburn Branch. This now means that services from Cumbernauld now arrive at Glasgow Queen Street Low Level platforms, freeing up capacity in the High Level station. Due to cancellation of the Garngad Chord, trains must reverse from Springburn.

The hourly service to Falkirk Grahamston has been retained but until further electrification of this route is undertaken these services will continue to utilise Class 156, Class 158 and Class 170 diesel trains.

Future developments

Upon completion of the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme, a series of Diversionary Route electrification projects have been outlined for completion in 2018. These plans include full electrification between Cumbernauld and Falkirk Grahamston.

With the cancellation of the Garngad Chord in November 2011, the potential to remove the timely reversing procedure at Springburn is still an option.

There are also tentative plans to extend passenger services from Falkirk to Grangemouth, a town which lost its train service in January 1968. This is an idea put forward by Network Rail to improve freight access and is support by Falkirk Council, who are currently undertaking a feasibility study into the projects potential.