Bellshill railway station

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Bellshill
Location
Place	Bellshill
Local authority	North Lanarkshire
Operations
Managed by	First ScotRail
Station code	BLH
Platforms in use	2
Annual Passenger Usage
2002/03 *	0.428 million
2004/05 **	0.469 million
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport List of Strathclyde stations: Glasgow Subway
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bellshill.   * 2002/03 Disclaimer (PDF)  ** 2004/05 Disclaimer (PDF)
UK Rail Portal

Bellshill railway station is a railway station in the village of Bellshill, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and lies on the Argyle Line.

Services at Bellshill are: Dalmuir/Milngavie - Motherwell/ Lanark.

Bellshill has a Park and Ride facility, with the others being at Hamilton Central & West, Blantyre, Newton, Larkhall, Merryton & Cambuslang.

The station is located just off Bellshill Main Street, on Hamilton Road (Bellshill end).

[edit] Services

Bellshill only has services to Motherwell and Lanark, or westbound to Dalmuir or Milngavie (most Milngavie services travel from Motherwell only, via Hamilton).

The nearest interchange station is Motherwell or Cambuslang - 1 and 2 stops along the line respectively. Bellshill is also the last Greater Glasgow stop on the Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts line, with the next stop - Holytown - some seven miles out the Glasgow boundary.

The next major stop Eastbound is the large Motherwell, Westbound has the busy Cambuslang.

[edit] External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Motherwell		First ScotRail Argyle Line		Uddingston
Holytown		First ScotRail Shotts Line		Uddingston