Shotts railway station explained

Shotts
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Shotts, North Lanarkshire
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.8186°N -3.7989°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:SHS
Transit Authority:SPT
Years:9 July 1869
Events:Opened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 towards . It was opened by the Caledonian Railway in 1869 as one of the principal stations on their Cleland and Midcalder Line.

Shotts station is the last stop in the SPT area boundary before the train enters West Lothian. There is a large car park in part of the former goods 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, Livingston South, West Calder and Haymarket only, whilst the other stops at all intermediate stations except Cambuslang (limited service) and 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.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. GB National Rail Timetable 2013, Table 225 (Network Rail)