Hamilton Central railway station

For other rail stations named Hamilton, see Hamilton railway station.

Hamilton Central
Location
Place	Hamilton
Local authority	South Lanarkshire
Operations
Station code	HNC
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	0.482 million
2004/05 *	0.570 million
2005/06 *	0.672 million
2006/07 *	0.705 million
2007/08 *	0.746 million
2008/09 *	0.951 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
National Rail - UK railway stations
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 Hamilton Central from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Hamilton Central railway station serves Hamilton, South Lanarkshire in Scotland, lying on the Argyle Line. It is situated in the town centre, adjacent to the Hamilton bus station, as well as the Regent Shopping Centre, Hamilton's main shopping location. In March 2007 SPT announced a redevelopment of the bus and railway stations into a combined interchange.

Train services

2006/07

Since the re-opening of the Larkhall branch in December 2005, Hamilton Central has been served by 4 trains per hour towards Glasgow Central (north west). Two of these services run from Larkhall to Dalmuir with a limited stopping pattern until Glasgow, with the other two from the Motherwell direction. In the south east (other) direction, there are 2 trains per hour to Motherwell/Lanark and 2 trains per hour to Larkhall.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Airbles		First ScotRail Argyle Line Hamilton Circle		Hamilton West
Chatelherault		First ScotRail Argyle Line Larkhall Branch

The station used to have 4 lines running through between two platforms. The western platform (Glasgow bound) is the original one . The other platform with ticket office is a replacement. it was built approximately where the southbound through line ran and then replaced the original. There was a turntable just to the south of the station on the east (Motherwell bound track) the semicircular retaining wall can still be seen. The goods yard was to the north of the station encompassing the whole of the current bus station and car park. The platforms were connected by a covered overbridge. there were stairs on the north and ramps to the south. The "shadow" of the ramps can be seen on the glasgow bound platform wall. There was an overall roof. wooden cladding extended from the supporting walls to the edge of the platforms with only the girders passing across. There was a pair of lifts adjacent to the metal overbridge at the south end of the platforms. The overbridge still matches the original 4 lines.

External links

• Train times and station information for Hamilton Central railway station from National Rail
• SPT news item on redevelopment