Hamilton Central railway station
Hamilton Central 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Hamaltan Mheadhain | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Hamilton |
| Local authority | South Lanarkshire |
| Coordinates | 55°46′24″N 4°02′20″W / 55.7732°N 4.0388°WCoordinates: 55°46′24″N 4°02′20″W / 55.7732°N 4.0388°W |
| Grid reference | NS722552 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HNC |
| 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 |
 0.873 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.892 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.815 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.848 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.825 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| 1876 | 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 Hamilton Central from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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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, which is scheduled for completion in winter 2012.
The station (which opened in 1876) used to have four 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 semi-circular retaining wall can still be seen. There was a signal box opposite at John Street level accessed from John Street. The goods yard was to the north of the station, encompassing the whole of the current bus station and car park. In addition there was a line that went from the position of the disused pedestrian bridge opposite South Park Road (site of another signal box. The line then went across Kemp Street and along the line of car parking in Graham Street then crossed Quarry Street to enter the gas works. This line terminate just before Selkirk Street. the line went through still extant gates beside the main line at Kemp Street. The entry gates to the gas works are also still existing. The line terminated just to the south of the larger gas tank that now only exists as a circular concrete pad. The working part of the gasworks with a vertical bucket line emerging above its roof was more or less where the print works is on Portland Place
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 four lines. The line through the station was electrified in 1974, as part of the wider project to wire the northern end of the West Coast Main Line.
In last 2016, construction began on a new, covered, passenger footbridge between the platforms. The new bridge will be compliant with disability regulations and feature lifts from the platforms to the bridge itself. In order to accommodate this the booking office on platform 2 and the waiting shelter on platform 1 have both been demolished, with tickets currently being sold from a temporary cabin next to the platform 2 entrance. Once the new bridge is completed in 2017, the existing footbridge will be removed and new passenger facilities constructed.
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