Cleland railway station
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Cleland railway station is a railway station serving the village of Cleland, near Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts. The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and CCTV. It is managed by First ScotRail.
It is currently served, Monday to Saturday, by one First ScotRail service each hour from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley. One train a day from Edinburgh terminates at Motherwell. There is no sunday service at this station.
The staple passenger traction on this line is the Class 156 "Super Sprinter", although Virgin Trains Class 220 "Voyager" units can be seen during engineering works on the main line via Carstairs.
The line is heavily used by freight, mainly coal from Hunterston in Ayrshire, to Longannet power station in Fife.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Cleland railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Cleland railway station from Multimap.com
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