Carstairs railway station
You can reach 45 stations directly from Carstairs on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Glasgow Central, with 21 trains a day.
Carstairs is the nearest station for postcodes in ML12. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Carstairs
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Central | 21 | 15 | 3 |
| Motherwell | 21 | 16 | 3 |
| Carluke | 19 | 14 | 0 |
| Wishaw | 19 | 14 | 0 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 16 | 15 | 1 |
| Haymarket | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Bellshill | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Curriehill | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Kingsknowe | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Kirknewton | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Shieldmuir | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Slateford | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Uddingston | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Wester Hailes | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Argyle Street | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Anderston | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlisle | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Rutherglen | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bridgeton | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| London Euston | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Exhibition Centre | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Garscadden | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hyndland | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Partick (Rail) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Watford Junction | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bargeddie | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Baillieston | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambuslang | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Carmyle | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clydebank | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalmarnock | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalmuir | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Holytown | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordanhill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirkwood | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lancaster | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lockerbie | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mount Vernon | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oxenholme Lake District | 1 | 1 | 1 |
and 5 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Carstairs is
31,886 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,179th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 11,793 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Carstairs and Edinburgh than any other pair: 17,902 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 14 stations instead of 45, a drop of about 69%. Saturday runs to 22.
Nearest other stations
- Lanark 4.2 miles
- Carluke 7.5 miles
- Fauldhouse 9.3 miles
- Breich 9.4 miles
- Shotts 10.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Carstairs, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Carnwath · 1.4 miles
- Bankhead · 1.9 miles
- Cleghorn · 2.6 miles
- Lanark Racecourse · 3.8 miles
- Newbigging · 4.3 miles
- Thankerton · 4.8 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.