The busiest of Coatbridge's six railway stations, Coatbridge Sunnyside (referred to in Gaelic as Drochaid a' Chòta Taobh Grianach) lies on the North Clyde Line, a quarter-mile (0.5 km) north northeast of the town centre and a half-mile (1 km) east southeast of Gartsherrie in North Lanarkshire. This station was opened by the North British Railway Company in 1863. It comprises two platforms, with a brick-built station building on the Glasgow-bound platform but with just a utilitarian shelter in the opposite platform. There was a goods yard to the south but this has been redeveloped as a 120-space car park.
Operated by ScotRail, Coatbridge Sunnyside is staffed part-time and was used by an estimated 714,436 passengers in 2016-17, a remarkable increase from 497,220 (2009-10). It is preceded by Coatdyke Railway Station, a mile (1.5 km) to the east southeast, and followed by Blairhill, a half-mile (1 km) to the west.
