Lenzie railway station

Lenzie Scottish Gaelic: Lèanaidh[1]
A Class 385 going to Glasgow Queen Street
General information
Location	Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°55′17″N 4°09′15″W / 55.9213°N 4.1542°W / 55.9213; -4.1542
Grid reference	NS655719
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LNZ
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
5 July 1848	Opened as Kirkintilloch Junction[2]
December 1849	Renamed Campsie Junction[2][3]
November 1867	Renamed Lenzie Junction[3][4]
June 1890	Renamed Lenzie[4]
Passengers
2018/19	0.903 million
2019/20	0.917 million
2020/21	0.136 million
2021/22	0.422 million
2022/23	0.563 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Lenzie railway station is a

The station was opened as Kirkintilloch Junction on 5 July 1848 by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,^[2] being renamed three times by the North British Railway, to Campsie Junction in December 1849,^[3] Lenzie Junction in November 1867^[4] and finally Lenzie in June 1890.^[4]

To the east of the station was a complex of junctions which allowed eastbound trains to travel to

Monday to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service southbound to Glasgow and northbound to Dunblane or Alloa (hourly to each).[6]

In addition to the off peak services, there are a few morning services to

On Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction to Glasgow and Alloa with the first eastbound service of the day going to Aberdeen via Stirling, Perth, Dundee and Arbroath.[6]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Croy		ScotRail Croy Line		Bishopbriggs
	Historical railways
Croy Line and station open		North British Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway		Bishopbriggs Line and station open
Back o' Loch Halt Line and station closed		Campsie Branch

References

Notes

Sources

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps.
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• OL 11956311M
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• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.
  OCLC 22311137
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• "Local travel information for Lenzie". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.^{[unreliable source?]}
• "RAILSCOT on the Campsie Branch of the North British Railway". Retrieved 18 July 2011.
• "RAILSCOT on the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway". Retrieved 18 July 2011.
• Video on the infrastructure and Environs of Lenzie railway station