Holytown railway station

Infobox GB station
name = Holytown
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code = HLY
manager = First ScotRail
locale = New Stevenston
borough = North Lanarkshire
platforms = 2
latitude = 55.813
longitude = -3.974
lowusage0203 = 53,020
lowusage0405 = 72,031
lowusage0506 = 69,749
lowusage0607 = 73,149
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Holytown railway station is a railway station serving both Holytown and New Stevenston in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line, 21 km (13 miles) south east of Glasgow Central towards Edinburgh Waverley and is also on the Argyle Line.

Despite its name, the station is located some 500 metres from the start of Holytown; instead it is in New Stevenston.

The station was opened to assist the coal mining industry, opened and running since 1869, but is now used mostly for general public more than anything else.

Around 1994, some services to Lanark on the Argyle Line began running via Holytown then down to Wishaw, creating two routes (one via Holytown and the other via the already existing Shieldmuir). This created a twice-hourly service at Holytown from Glasgow.

Services

2008

Monday to Saturdays on the Shotts Line there is an hourly service westbound to Glasgow via Uddingston and eastbound to Edinburgh with no Sunday service.

On the Argyle Line there is an hourly service northbound to Glasgow Central and beyond (to Milngavie) and southbound to Lanark via Motherwell with no Sunday service.

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Sources

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* [http://www.railscot.co.uk/Caledonian_Railway/frame.htm RAILSCOT on Caledonian Railway]
* [http://www.railscot.co.uk/Cleland_and_Midcalder_Line/frame.htm RAILSCOT on Cleland and Midcalder Line]