Lenzie railway station is a railway station serving Lenzie

Lenzie

Lenzie is a small town by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway in the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. It is about six miles north-east of Glasgow city centre and one mile south of Kirkintilloch. It has a population of about 10,000.-Name:...

 and Kirkintilloch

Kirkintilloch

Kirkintilloch is a town and former burgh in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the Forth and Clyde Canal, about eight miles northeast of central Glasgow...

 in East Dunbartonshire

East Dunbartonshire

This article is about the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. See also East Dunbartonshire .East Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the north-west of the City of Glasgow. It contains many of the suburbs of Glasgow as well as containing many of...

, Scotland

Scotland

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. It is located on the Croy Line

Croy Line

The Croy Line is a suburban railway route linking Glasgow and Croy in Scotland. It is part of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport network....

 10 km (6¼ miles) north east of . Trains on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line

Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line

The Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line is a mainline railway line linking Glasgow and Edinburgh via Falkirk in Scotland. It is the principal route out of the four rail links between Scotland's two biggest cities, hosting the flagship "Shuttle" service between and .- Places served :The route...

 pass Lenzie by.

The station is served by First ScotRail

First ScotRail

ScotRail Railways Ltd. is the FirstGroup-owned train operating company running domestic passenger trains within Scotland, northern England and the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London using the brand ScotRail which is the property of the Scottish Government...

 on behalf of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

The Strathclyde Partnership for Transport is a public body which is responsible for planning and co-ordinating regional transport, and especially the public transport system, in the Strathclyde area of western Scotland...

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History

The station was opened as Kirkintilloch Junction on 5 July 1848 by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway

Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway

The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was a railway built to link Glasgow and Edinburgh. The Act of Parliament for building the railway received its Royal Assent in 1838 which was open on 28 July 1863. Services started between Glasgow Queen Street and Haymarket on 21 February 1842. The line was...

, being renamed three times by the North British Railway

North British Railway

The North British Railway was a Scottish railway company that was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923.-History:...

, to Campsie Junction in December 1849, Lenzie Junction in November 1867 and finally Lenzie in June 1890.

To the east of the station was a complex of junctions which allowed eastbound trains to travel to via the Campsie Branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and to Garnqueen South Junction and Gartsherrie North Junction (both with the Caledonian Railway Main Line) to via the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway

Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway

The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway was an early mineral railway running from a colliery at Monklands to the Forth and Clyde Canal at Kirkintilloch, Scotland....

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Services

Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service southbound to Glasgow and northbound to Dunblane or Alloa (alternating).

Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction to Glasgow and Alloa.