Wishaw railway station

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Wishaw
Location
Place	Wishaw
Local authority	North Lanarkshire
Operations
Managed by	First ScotRail
Station code	WSH
Platforms in use	2
Annual Passenger Usage
2002/03 *	129,426
2004/05 **	189,434
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 Wishaw.   * 2002/03 Disclaimer (PDF)  ** 2004/05 Disclaimer (PDF)
UK Rail Portal

Wishaw railway station is a railway station in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and lies on the Wishaw Deviation Line just south of the single track link line which connects to the West Coast Main Line at Shieldmuir.

[edit] Services

[edit] 2006/07

During the daytime, the station is served mainly by 2 First ScotRail trains an hour to/from Lanark via Bellshill/Hamilton to Glasgow Central and Dalmuir via Yoker/Singer. After 6pm the services via Hamilton travel to/from Milngavie instead of Dalmuir.

The station has some other sporadic services such as two trains a day to Carstairs and two to Edinburgh Waverley.

On a Sunday, the station is served by one train an hour from Lanark to Milngavie via Bellshill.

Southbound Virgin CrossCountry services from Glasgow Central to Bristol Temple Meads and Penzance also pass the station to avoid the stopping GNER service at Motherwell.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Wishaw railway station from National Rail
• Map and aerial photo of Wishaw railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Carluke		First ScotRail Argyle Line		Holytown
		First ScotRail Argyle Line		Shieldmuir
Historical Railways
Overton Line open; Station closed		Wishaw Deviation Line (Caledonian Railway)		Holytown Line and Station open