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The first station in Motherwell was opened by the Wishaw and Coltness Railway on 8 May 1843 and was located at Orbiston. [2] As Orbiston station was quite some distance from the rapidly expanding Motherwell town centre, the decision was taken by the Caledonian Railway to build a station at 'Lesmahagow Junction', the point where the Motherwell Deviation branch of the Caledonian Railway Main ...
Motherwell's name reportedly comes from a well, the Lady Well, [10] formerly dedicated to the Virgin Mary. [11] The site of this well is now marked by a plaque on Ladywell Road. [12] The name "Moderwelt" appears on a map of Lanarkshire made by Timothy Pont some time between 1583 and 1611 and printed in the Netherlands in around 1652.
The route map for the May to December 2019 LNER timetable The five daily Lincoln services, which are an extension of terminating services at Newark North Gate, will go live during the currency of this timetable [2] London North Eastern Railway [3] (LNER) is a British train operating company which operates most services on the East Coast Main Line.
The Motherwell station was close to the site of the Hamilton line platforms at the present-day Motherwell station. The passenger train service from Ferniegair to wards Motherwell ceased from 2 October 1876. [9] [page needed] A passenger service was introduced on the Coalburn branch from 2 November 1891.
The Glasgow bound limited stop services are well used, and normally full on departure from Wishaw. Sunday. 1tph - Lanark to Milngavie, via Bellshill and Glasgow Central; Other services The station has some other sporadic passenger services such as two trains a day to Carstairs and two to North Berwick via Edinburgh Waverley. Since the December ...
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The Caledonian Railway branches in North Lanarkshire built on the Caledonian Railway main line, which opened in 1848. In the following years the considerable increase of iron production and coal extraction in North Lanarkshire led to a progressive expansion of branch lines in the area between the eastern margin of Glasgow and Bellside in the east, and between Coatbridge, Airdrie and Motherwell.
The line is now electrified at 25 kV AC overhead throughout - the wires having been extended to Cumbernauld from their former limit at Gartsherrie South Junction (north of Coatbridge Central) in the spring of 2014 as part of the Cumbernauld Line electrification scheme. [1]