Bellshill railway station

Bellshill
Location
Place	Bellshill
Local authority	North Lanarkshire
Coordinates	55.817°N 4.025°W / 55.817; -4.025
Operations
Station code	BLH
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	0.428 million
2004/05 *	0.469 million
2005/06 *	0.515 million
2006/07 *	0.519 million
2007/08 *	0.534 million
2008/09 *	0.692 million
History
Original company	CR (Cleland and Midcalder Line)
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
1 May 1879	Opened
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bellshill from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Bellshill railway station is a railway station in the town of Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First 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. The line through the station was electrified as part of the 1974 West Coast Main Line project.

Bellshill station in 1961

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Motherwell		First ScotRail Argyle Line		Uddingston
Holytown		First ScotRail Shotts Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Uddingston
	Historical railways
Holytown Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Cleland and Midcalder Line		Uddingston Line and station open

Bibliography

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• RAILSCOT on Cleland and Midcalder Line
• Bellshill railway station on historic OS Map