Hamilton West train station
You can reach 36 stations directly from Hamilton West on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bridgeton, with 137 trains a day.
Address: Clydesdale Street, Hamilton, ML3 0DD
Hamilton West is the nearest station for postcodes in ML3. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Hamilton West
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeton | 137 | 137 | 89 |
| Blantyre | 137 | 137 | 89 |
| Cambuslang | 137 | 137 | 89 |
| Dalmarnock | 137 | 137 | 89 |
| Exhibition Centre | 137 | 137 | 89 |
| Glasgow Central | 137 | 137 | 89 |
| Hamilton Central | 137 | 137 | 89 |
| Hyndland | 137 | 137 | 89 |
| Newton | 137 | 137 | 89 |
| Partick (Rail) | 137 | 137 | 89 |
| Rutherglen | 137 | 137 | 89 |
| Airbles | 69 | 69 | 59 |
| Motherwell | 69 | 69 | 59 |
| Anniesland | 73 | 73 | 57 |
| Bearsden | 11 | 11 | 57 |
| Hillfoot | 11 | 11 | 57 |
| Milngavie | 11 | 11 | 57 |
| Westerton | 73 | 73 | 57 |
| Argyle Street | 137 | 137 | 50 |
| Anderston | 137 | 137 | 50 |
| Garscadden | 63 | 63 | 31 |
| Jordanhill | 61 | 61 | 31 |
| Scotstounhill | 61 | 61 | 31 |
| Chatelherault | 68 | 68 | 30 |
| Larkhall | 68 | 68 | 30 |
| Merryton | 68 | 68 | 30 |
| Clydebank | 61 | 61 | 29 |
| Dalmuir | 123 | 123 | 29 |
| Yoker | 61 | 61 | 29 |
| Alexandria | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Balloch | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Bowling | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Dumbarton Central | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Dumbarton East | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Dalreoch | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Kilpatrick | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Renton | 0 | 0 | 28 |
Lines serving Hamilton West
Hamilton West is on the Hamilton Circle Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Hamilton West station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Hamilton West station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Hamilton West station is
683,164 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 733rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Hamilton West and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 297,610 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.
Nearest other stations
- Hamilton Central 0.8 miles
- Blantyre 1.7 miles
- Chatelherault 2.2 miles
- Airbles 2.4 miles
- Motherwell 2.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Hamilton West, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Peacock Cross · 0.2 miles
- Burnbank · 0.7 miles
- Meikle Earnock Halt · 1.7 miles
- Bothwell · 1.8 miles
- Bothwell · 1.8 miles
- High Blantyre · 2.1 miles
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Facilities at Hamilton West station
Hamilton West is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 06:20 to 14:00 · Friday: 06:20 to 19:30 · Saturday: 08:15 to 18:45 · Sunday: closed
Toilets
Parking at Hamilton West station
- Station Car Park 41 spaces, 2 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 16 spaces (lockers).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.
Getting to Hamilton West station
Hamilton West station is in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M74 J6 (Hamilton Interchange), 1.2 miles east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Hamilton West station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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