Larkhall railway station

55°44′20″N 3°58′31″W / 55.7390°N 3.9753°W / 55.7390; -3.9753Grid referenceNS760513Managed byScotRailTransit authoritySPTPlatforms2Other informationStation codeLRHKey dates1 July 1905Opened as Larkhall Central4 October 1965Closed to passengers4 November 1968Line Closed12 December 2005Re-openedPassengers2018/19 0.355 million2019/20 0.354 million2020/21 32,3822021/22 0.152 million2022/23 0.205 million

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Larkhall railway station serves the town of Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is the south-eastern terminus of the Argyle Line, 16+1⁄4 miles (26.2 km) south east of Glasgow Central railway station.

History

The station was originally opened as Larkhall Central on 1 July 1905 by the Caledonian Railway as part of their Mid Lanark Lines which filled in various gaps around Larkhall, Stonehouse, Strathaven and Blackwood. It closed to passengers on 4 October 1965.

Re-opening

Forty years after closure, the station was officially reopened on 9 December 2005 by Jack McConnell MSP, the then First Minister for Scotland. Passenger services started on 12 December 2005, with trains serving the Argyle Line.

Services

From opening in December 2005, trains run every 30 minutes to Glasgow Central and beyond to Dalmuir. As of May 2016, they run to Milngavie instead, but southbound arrivals still originate from Dalmuir.^[2]

An hourly Sunday service started from December 2007 on a one-year trial basis. This trial has been successful, and the hourly Sunday service is now a permanent feature. It runs to Balloch via Clydebank.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Terminus		ScotRail Argyle Line		Merryton
	Historical railways
Stonehouse Line and station closed		Mid Lanark Lines Caledonian Railway		Ferniegair Line and station open

Argyle Line services are currently operated by Class 318s and Class 320s.

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