Everything about Lanark Railway Station totally explained
Lanark railway station is a
railway station in
Lanark,
South Lanarkshire,
Scotland. The station is managed by
First ScotRail and is the southern terminus of the
Argyle Line.
History
Lanark station opened in 1855, as the terminus of a short branch line off the
Caledonian Railway's
West Coast Main Line. The branch had a triangular junction with the main line, to allow trains from Lanark to head west towards
Carluke or east to
Carstairs. The eastern curve closed in the 1960s.
In 1864 a line south from Lanark to Douglas was opened, and in 1874 it was extended to
Muirkirk in Ayrshire, where it formed an end-on junction with the
Glasgow and South Western Railway. That line closed in 1964.
In 1979, the Lanark branch was included in the Argyle Line electrification project.
Current Services
Monday to Saturday, the station is served by two
First ScotRail trains an hour: one per hour to
Dalmuir via
Shieldmuir,
Motherwell,
Bellshill,
Glasgow Central Low Level and
Yoker; the other train is for
Milngavie via
Holytown,
Motherwell,
Airbles,
Blantyre and Glasgow Central Low Level.
On a Sunday, the station is served by one First ScotRail service an hour to Milngavie via Bellshill and Glasgow Central.
There are no southbound or eastbound services from this station, as it only has a northbound chord connecting it to the
West Coast Main Line (WCML) at Lanark Junction. There have been calls for the southbound chord to be reconnected, to allow direct services from Lanark to
Edinburgh.
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