Shotts railway station

Shotts National Rail
Location
Place Shotts
Local authority North Lanarkshire
Coordinates 55°49′07″N 3°47′56″W / 55.8186°N 3.7989°W / 55.8186; -3.7989Coordinates: 55°49′07″N 3°47′56″W / 55.8186°N 3.7989°W / 55.8186; -3.7989
Grid reference NS874598
Operations
Station code SHS
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03  112,459
2004/05 Increase 133,755
2005/06 Increase 144,228
2006/07 Increase 147,351
2007/08 Decrease 143,727
2008/09 Increase 149,816
2009/10 Decrease 148,328
2010/11 Increase 177,816
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
History
9 July 1869[1] Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Shotts from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Shotts railway station is a railway station serving Shotts in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line, 20½ miles (33 km) east of Glasgow Central towards Edinburgh Waverley.

Shotts station is the last stop before the SPT area boundary on the Shotts Line. There is a large car park in part of the former good yard.

Services

Monday to Saturdays, there is generally a twice hourly service westbound to Glasgow Central (normally 15 minutes past and half past the hour) and eastbound to Edinburgh Waverley (normally half past and 55 minutes past the hour). One of these is a semi-fast service serving Bellshill, Livingston South, West Calder & Haymarket only, whilst the other stops at all intermediate stations except Cambuslang (limited service) & Breich (which has only one call each way per weekday).

Since 9 December 2012 there has been a new two-hourly Sunday service between Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley.[2]

The whole line is due to be elecrified within three years

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Fauldhouse   Abellio ScotRail
Shotts Line
  Hartwood

References

  1. Butt 1995, p. 211.
  2. GB National Rail Timetable 2013, Table 225 (Network Rail)

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