Uddingston railway station
Uddingston 
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| Location | |
| Place | Uddingston |
| Local authority | South Lanarkshire |
| Coordinates | 55°49′25″N 4°05′12″W / 55.8235°N 4.0867°WCoordinates: 55°49′25″N 4°05′12″W / 55.8235°N 4.0867°W |
| Grid reference | NS693608 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | UDD |
| 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 |
 0.769 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.785 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.770 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.820 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.827 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Clydesdale Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 1 June 1849 | Opened as Uddingston |
| 3 March 1952 | Renamed as Uddingston Central |
| 1962? | Renamed as Uddingston |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Uddingston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Uddingston railway station serves the town of Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is located on the Argyle Line and Shotts Line. Passenger services are provided by Abellio ScotRail.
The station was opened as Uddingston by the Clydesdale Junction Railway on 1 June 1849. Following nationalisation of the UK railway network in 1948, the station was renamed Uddingston Central by British Railways to avoid confusion with the nearby Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway station also of the same name, renamed Uddingston East the following year, only to close in 1955. At some time prior to, or during, electrification of the Cathcart Circle Lines and the Clydesdale Junction Railway from Newton to Motherwell the station name reverted to Uddingston.
The main entrance is located on Station Road. Passengers travel through the Ticket Office and the "Coffee Stop" to Platform 1 (Glasgow-bound trains). Platform 2 (Motherwell/Edinburgh-bound trains) and the car park are accessible by a footbridge over the double line.
The station has received major investment in recent years funded by ScotRail, SPT and South Lanarkshire Council. Improvements include:
East and West Coast Main Line trains pass through the station to/from Glasgow Central but do not stop. Argyle Line services do however call every half-hour in each direction throughout the week. These formerly provided through links to Central Low Level via Rutherglen and then onwards to Dalmuir via Yoker northbound and to Motherwell southbound (alternate services continued to Lanark).
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