Wishaw railway station
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| Wishaw | |||
| Location | |||
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| 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 |
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| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wishaw. | |||
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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.
The station was previously known as Wishaw Central until the closure of the towns station on the WCML in 1958, which was known as Wishaw South.
The station is currently served by a mixture of Class 334 units and refurbished Class 318 units.
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[edit] Services
[edit] Historically
Up until the reopening of the sub surface Argyle Line through Glasgow Central in 1979, Wishaw was served by a Monday to Saturday hourly diesel service from Lanark to Glasgow Central High Level. From 1979 until 2001 an hourly electric service was provided Monday to Saturday (a Sunday service was introduced in 1997) between Lanark and Dalmuir via Bellshill and Yoker.
[edit] Presently
Since 2001, the following First Scotrail service pattern has been in place -:
[edit] Monday to Saturday
[edit] Daytime
1tph - Lanark to Dalmuir, via Bellshill, Glasgow Central and Yoker
1tph - Lanark to Dalmuir, via Hamilton, Glasgow Central and Singer
[edit] Evening
1tph - Lanark to Dalmuir, via Bellshill, Glasgow Central and Yoker
1tph - Lanark to Milngavie, via Hamilton and Glasgow Central
[edit] Sunday
1tph - Lanark to Milngavie, via Bellshill and Glasgow Central
The station has some other sporadic services such as two trains a day to Carstairs and two to North Berwick via Edinburgh Waverley.
[edit] Non-stop Services
Southbound CrossCountry services from Glasgow Central to Bristol Temple Meads and Penzance via Edinburgh Waverley also pass the station to avoid the stopping National Express East Coast service at Motherwell.
The line is heavily used for freight services also. With several Freightliner container trains a day from the nearby Coatbridge terminal to destinations in the south of England such as Felixstowe and Southampton. It is also used by services to the Mossend freight terminal as well as those travelling from the West Coast Main Line to the Highlands.
The line through Wishaw station is heavily used during engineering work on the adjacent West Coast Main Line (less than 1km to the west of the station) which brings a wide variety of rolling stock to the line.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Wishaw railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Carluke | First ScotRail |
Holytown | ||
| First ScotRail |
Shieldmuir | |||
| Carluke | First ScotRail |
Motherwell | ||
| Historical Railways | ||||
| Overton Line open; Station closed |
Wishaw Deviation Line (Caledonian Railway) |
Holytown Line and Station open |
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