Shotts railway station

Shotts
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Location
Place	Shotts
Local authority	North Lanarkshire
Coordinates
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	133,755
2005/06	144,228
2006/07	147,351
2007/08	143,727
2008/09	149,816
2009/10	148,328
2010/11	177,816
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
9 July 1869	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.
UK Railways portal

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.

The whole line is due to be elecrified within three years

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

External links

• Video of Shotts railway station