Motherwell railway station

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Motherwell
Location
Place	Motherwell
Local authority	North Lanarkshire
Operations
Station code	MTH
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	4
Annual entry/exit 02/03	0.908 million *
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Motherwell railway station serves Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on the West Coast Main Line, and is served also by Argyle Line trains of the Glasgow suburban railway network. It is the penultimate stop on the northbound WCML before Glasgow. There are 4 platforms of various length currently in operation at Motherwell.

Local services departing to and from the station are provided by First ScotRail and the majority of northbound services serve Glasgow Central (either terminating at the High Level station or passing through the Low Level station en route to Dalmuir or Milngavie, whilst southbound Argyle Line services terminate at Lanark.

All intercity services operated by either Virgin Trains or GNER pass through Motherwell, bound for various destinations in England, although not all stop here. However, on timetables, Motherwell is defined either as a "set down only" (for Glasgow Central-bound services) or "pick-up only" station (for all southbound services) by both Virgin Trains and GNER. Therefore a passenger using a long-distance service to merely commute from Glasgow Central would be deemed not to have a valid ticket and be liable for a penalty fare - this is distinct from the policy operated by British Rail where no such restriction existed.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Motherwell railway station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Motherwell railway station from Multimap.com

West Coast Main Line

Principal stations (from south to north) London Euston Watford Junction Milton Keynes Central Rugby (for Birmingham Loop) Nuneaton Tamworth Lichfield Trent Valley Stafford Crewe then Manchester Piccadilly or Liverpool Lime Street Warrington Bank Quay Wigan North Western Preston Lancaster Oxenholme Lake District Penrith North Lakes Carlisle Lockerbie Carstairs Junction then Motherwell and Glasgow Central or Haymarketand Edinburgh Waverley (for East Coast Main Line)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Carlisle or Lockerbie		Virgin Trains West Coast Main Line		Glasgow Central
Haymarket or Edinburgh Waverley		GNER East Coast Main Line		Glasgow Central
Holytown or Shieldmuir or Whifflet		First ScotRail Argyle Line		Airbles or Bellshill or Uddingston
Terminus		First ScotRail Motherwell to Cumbernauld Line		Whifflet
Carstairs		First ScotRail Glasgow to Edinburgh via Carstairs Line		Glasgow Central
Carstairs		First ScotRail Lowland Caledonian Sleeper		Glasgow Central