Coatbridge Sunnyside
Station 99Saturday, 29th January 2022
Rudy caught the 14:19 departure to Glasgow Queen Street low level.
Coatbridge Sunnyside Station
The station was opened in 1871 after the railway was realigned here to expand local iron works. The railway here was part of the Monklands Railways amalgamation of companies that connected Lanarkshire industry with both Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The original ticket office survived until at least the 1980s on the road straddling the west end of the platforms. Booking office duties are now in the main station building next to the carpark built on the old goods yard.
Towering over platform 2 is a huge brick building with the word “LAMBERTON” stencilled on the side. This was the Sunnyside Engine Works where since the 1870s all sorts of machines were made for industry – from stone crushers & steel rolling mills right up until industrial robots in the 1970s!
“Alight here for Summerlee Heritage Centre”
Now known as Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life this museum dedicated to Lanarkshire’s industrial past includes twenty acres of outdoor space and lots of railway interest. There’s preserved steam locomotives and a short heritage tramway. We didn’t visit when we were at Coatbridge because dogs aren’t allowed in unless they’re working assistance dogs.
Coatbridge Sunnyside is twenty-five minutes from Glasgow Queen Street low level platforms on trains towards Airdrie. There is step-free access to both platforms but no toilets despite the ticket office being open throughout the day Monday to Saturday.
There is a small coffee counter in the main building which sells hot drinks and snacks.