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January 2022

January 2022 At A Glance
Rudy on our walk at Croftfoot.
Rudy on our walk at Croftfoot.
Rudy in January 2022
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6 New Places Explored 4 Day Trips by Rail 12 Train Journeys

So far in January 2022, Rudy has enjoyed four day trips by train and visited six new stations. Along the way we caught 12 trains and used 2 buses.

7th January 2022

Day Trip: Friday, 7th Jan 22
Rudy on a train between Aberdeen and Glasgow Queen Street.
Hyndland Station.
Rudy at Glasgow Queen St (low level) Station.
Day Trip Photos

Rudy caught two trains this Friday afternoon. We travellled from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street and then from Glasgow Queen St (low level) to Hyndland.

9th January 2022

Day Trip: Sunday, 9th Jan 22
Rudy on a train between Glasgow Central and Thornliebank.
At Thornliebank.
Rudy on a bus between City Centre and Maryhill.
Day Trip Photos

Rudy caught three trains and one bus this afternoon, travelling from Gilshochill to Glasgow Queen Street, Thornliebank, Glasgow Central and Maryhill.

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Station 94 9th January 2022

Rudy's third station visited on the East Kilbride line but the first on the branch travelling from Glasgow Central at just 12 minutes by train.
Rudy at Thornliebank Station.
Thornliebank 9th January 2022

Eastwood New Cemetery
Rudy on our walk at Thornliebank.

The first burial took place at Eastwood New Cemetery in 1911 - it's only "new" besides the original Eastwood cemetery across the road. More than a hundred years later the trees are mature and the graves weathered. Rudy likes the change of pace a g
Kennishead 9th January 2022

Kennishead: King George V Park
Rudy on our walk at Kennishead.

There are many King George V Parks. This one was opened in 1951 between Carnwadric and Kennishead in the southside of Glasgow. King George V Park was very flooded when we visited and Rudy didn't get to enjoy running around as much as hoped. Even

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Station 95 9th January 2022

Rudy arrived twenty minutes early for his train at Kennishead. After our walk through King George V park he had wet paws and a sleepy head. He didn't want to wait, it was time to snooze, the train home should be now. Why wasn't the timetable changed to suit him today?!
Rudy at Kennishead Station.
11th January 2022

Day Trip: Tuesday, 11th Jan 22
Rudy on a train between Glasgow Central and Croftfoot.
At Croftfoot.
Rudy at Croftfoot Station.
Day Trip Photos

Rudy caught three trains and one bus this morning, travelling from Maryhill to Glasgow Queen Street, Croftfoot, Glasgow Central and Maryhill.

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Station 96 11th January 2022

Just a 16 minute journey from Glasgow Central, Croftfoot was the first of two new stations we visited on the Newton Branch of the Cathcart Circle today.
Rudy at Croftfoot Station.
Croftfoot 11th January 2022

Croft Park (Croftfoot)
Rudy on our walk at Croftfoot.

Croft Park is a newly developed park on an old golf course in the Croftfoot area of Glasgow's southside. Rudy didn't know what to expect from Croft Park at all, we weren't even sure if it was a real park or just an overgrown vacant site before we ar
Kings Park 11th January 2022

King's Park (Glasgow)
Rudy on our walk at Kings Park.

Rudy visited Kings Park in the southside of Glasgow after a good long explore of Croft Park just across the road to the south. Unfortunately for Kings Park this meant we didn't really give it the time it deserves. Spread over approximately 60 ac

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Station 97 11th January 2022

Rudy's second new train station of the day, we walked to Kings Park station from Croftfoot via a park. Which park? King's Park of course!
Rudy at Kings Park Station.
29th January 2022

Day Trip: Saturday, 29th Jan 22
Rudy on a train between Coatbridge Sunnyside and Glasgow Queen St (low level).
At Coatdyke.
Rudy at Glasgow Queen St (low level) Station.
Day Trip Photos

Rudy caught four trains this afternoon, travelling from Maryhill to Glasgow Queen Street, Coatdyke, Glasgow Queen St (low level) and Gilshochill.

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Station 98 29th January 2022

This was our first visit to one of the six stations in Coatbridge. Coatdyke just makes the cut, being on the very eastern edge nearly in Airdrie.
Rudy at Coatdyke Station.
Coatdyke 29th January 2022

Coatdyke Viaduct & Centenary Park
Rudy on our walk at Coatdyke.

Our walk from Coatdyke went past the railway viaduct which crosses a small burn and park just next to the station. Coatdyke Viaduct Coatdyke Viaduct is a ten-span brick viaduct just to the east of Coatdyke station in the Monklands area
Coatdyke and Coatbridge Sunnyside 29th January 2022

Dunbeth Moss & Kipps Way
Rudy on our walk between Coatdyke and Coatbridge Sunnyside.

Rudy walked from Coatdyke to Coatbridge Sunnyside via a stretch of semi-wasteland to the north of Dunbeth Moss which was once a busy industrial railway junction. Dunbeth Moss Rudy loves open semi-wild spaces like Dunbeth Moss and he st

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Station 99 29th January 2022

After a really good walk we took the train home from the busiest of Coatbridge's six stations.
Rudy at Coatbridge Sunnyside Station.