Bellshill railway station
Bellshill railway station is a railway station in the town of Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and served by Argyle Line and Shotts Line services. The station is adjacent to Bellshill Main Street, on Hamilton Road, and was opened by the Caledonian Railway as part of the Cleland and Midcalder Line on 1 May 1879. West of the station, the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway crossed with a second station in the town to the north west - this ceased to carry passengers back in 1951.
Bellshill | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Bellshill, North Lanarkshire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.8171°N 4.0243°W |
| Grid reference | NS732600 |
| Managed by | ScotRail |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | BLH |
| History | |
| Original company | CR (Cleland and Midcalder Line) |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1879 | Opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 | 0.785 million |
| Interchange | 46,091 |
| 2019/20 | 0.784 million |
| Interchange | 45,364 |
| 2020/21 | 0.147 million |
| Interchange | 4,080 |
| 2021/22 | 0.381 million |
| Interchange | 19,796 |
| 2022/23 | 0.511 million |
| Interchange | 31,838 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The line through the station was electrified as part of the 1974 West Coast Main Line project.
Although it is situated east of the Shotts Line's junction with the WCML south of Uddingston, electric trains can reach Motherwell using a chord line to the route from Coatbridge Central and Mossend which passes beneath the Shotts route east of the station (these lines being wired to allow electric access to the yard at Mossend and to allow goods trains to avoid the busy Motherwell area).