Bellshill railway station
Bellshill 
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| Location | |
| Place | Bellshill |
| Local authority | North Lanarkshire |
| Coordinates | 55°49′02″N 4°01′27″W / 55.8171°N 4.0243°WCoordinates: 55°49′02″N 4°01′27″W / 55.8171°N 4.0243°W |
| Grid reference | NS732600 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BLH |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.673 million |
| – Interchange |
45,256 |
| 2012/13 |
0.716 million |
| – Interchange |
48,447 |
| 2013/14 |
0.824 million |
| – Interchange |
 44,971 |
| 2014/15 |
0.861 million |
| – Interchange |
47,373 |
| 2015/16 |
0.879 million |
| – Interchange |
40,776 |
| History | |
| Original company | CR (Cleland and Midcalder Line) |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 1 May 1879 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bellshill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Bellshill railway station is a railway station in the town of Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio 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 - this ceased to carry passenger back in 1951.
The line through the station was electrified as part of the 1974 West Coast Main Line project.
Although it is situated east of the Shotts Line's junction with the WCML south of Uddingston, electric trains can reach Motherwell using a chord line to the route from Coatbridge Central and Mossend which passes beneath the Shotts route east of the station (these lines being wired to allow electric access to the yard at Mossend and to allow goods trains to avoid the busy Motherwell area).
The service Mondays-Saturdays is:
There are additional peak trains to Anderston via Central L.L. and to Carstairs (both via Shieldmuir and via Holytown), and infrequent services on the North Berwick Line. Regular daytime services through to Partick and beyond via Central L.L. ended at the December 2014 timetable change.
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