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Coatdyke Railway Station

✓ Station Visit 98

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 visited Coatdyke on the 29th of January 2022 arriving at 12:33 on a train from Glasgow Queen Street Ll.

334035 at Coatdyke. January 2022

334035 at Coatdyke. January 2022

Coatdyke was opened in 1871 by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway. Ten miles east from Glasgow Queen Street the station is in the heart of the Monklands area where Coatbridge and Airdrie meet. With the completion of the Airdrie–Bathgate rail link in 2010 Coatdyke became part of the fourth train route between Glasgow and Edinburgh with direct trains to both cities.

Rudy's Adventures at Coatdyke

Coatdyke station walks and places to visit.

29th January 2022

Coatdyke Viaduct & Centenary Park

Rudy on our walk at Coatdyke. January 2022

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

29th January 2022

Dunbeth Moss & Kipps Way

Rudy on our walk between Coatdyke and Coatbridge Sunnyside. January 2022

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

Coatdyke Photos

334035 at Coatdyke. — 334035 at Coatdyke. January 2022

Coatdyke Station. — Coatdyke Station. January 2022

Coatdyke Station. — Coatdyke Station. January 2022

Coatdyke Station. — Coatdyke Station. January 2022

Coatdyke Station. — Coatdyke Station. January 2022

Coatdyke Station. — Coatdyke Station. January 2022

Coatdyke Station. — Coatdyke Station. January 2022

Coatdyke railway station is situated on Quarry Street/Riddell Street in the Cliftonville area of the town of Coatbridge and 10 miles (16 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street. It is the closest railway station to Coatbridge College and Monklands Hospital.