Editing Airdrie, North Lanarkshire (section)

==Transport==
[[Airdrie railway station]] is on the electrified [[North Clyde Line]]. This railway provides a frequent train service to [[Glasgow]] via {{stnlnk|Coatbridge Sunnyside}} and {{stnlnk|Easterhouse}}. In 2010, the [[Airdrie–Bathgate rail link]] re-opened providing Airdrie with a direct commuter train service to {{stnlnk|Bathgate}}, {{stnlnk|Livingston North}} and {{stnlnk|Edinburgh Waverley}}. [[Drumgelloch railway station]] serves the eastern end of the town. Including the satellite village of Caldercruix, Airdrie is served by four stations; {{stnlnk|Caldercruix}}, {{stnlnk|Drumgelloch}}, {{stnlnk|Airdrie}}, and {{stnlnk|Coatdyke}}, on the border of Airdrie and Coatbridge.

Airdrie has road links to [[Glasgow]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Livingston, West Lothian|Livingston]], [[Motherwell]], and [[Cumbernauld]] and is situated close to the [[M8 motorway (Scotland)|M8 motorway]]. Bus services are largely undertaken by local operators, and links to Glasgow are provided by [[First Glasgow]] and [[McGill's Bus Services|McGills]]. McGill's took over most of the local companies in 2016 to form its 'Monklands' network in Go Zone 8. The services link all the local neighbourhoods with longer distance services e.g. the 212 from Coatbridge - Caldercruix via Airdrie and Plains, or the 247 from Monklands Hospital - Kirkintilloch via Airdrie, Glenmavis, Cumbernauld and Blackwood.

Airdrie is connected to the UK [[National Cycle Network]] by [[National Cycle Route 75]]. This route provides a path between Glasgow and Edinburgh. According to the Sustrans website: "there is currently a gap in the National Cycle Network route at Devol Glen, [[Port Glasgow]]."<ref>{{cite web|title=Route 75|url=https://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/route-75|website=Sustrans|access-date=7 January 2018}}</ref> Other than the Sustrans path, there are no cycle lanes in Airdrie.

Historical transport links include:-
*[[Monkland Canal]], 1794, commenced by [[James Watt]]
*[[Airdrie and Coatbridge Tramways]]
*[[Ballochney Railway]], 1828
*[[Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway]], 1826
*[[Slamannan Railway]]
*[[Monkland Railways]], formed in 1848 by the merger of the aforesaid local "coal railways".
*[[Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]]
*[[North British Railway]]
*[[Caledonian Railway]]
*[[London and North Eastern Railway]] (LNER)
*[[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]]
*British Railways/[[British Rail]] -  [[Scottish Region of British Railways]]