Motherwell railway station

Motherwell is a major interchange: 114 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Glasgow Central, with 238 trains a day.

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Direct trains from Motherwell

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Glasgow Central	238	232	195
Cambuslang	142	141	120
Argyle Street	108	107	52
Anderston	108	107	52
Bridgeton	108	107	90
Dalmarnock	108	107	90
Rutherglen	108	107	90
Exhibition Centre	107	107	90
Hyndland	107	107	90
Partick (Rail)	107	107	90
Dalmuir	98	98	30
Carluke	90	86	28
Wishaw	90	84	28
Whifflet	79	80	35
Shieldmuir	77	73	28
Lanark	73	72	28
Uddingston	72	72	60
Airbles	70	69	59
Blantyre	70	69	59
Hamilton Central	70	69	59
Hamilton West	70	69	59
Newton	70	69	59
Clydebank	67	67	30
Garscadden	67	67	31
Jordanhill	67	67	31
Scotstounhill	67	67	31
Yoker	67	67	30
Bellshill	65	67	60
Carlisle	47	44	47
Preston	45	44	45
Greenfaulds	42	43	5
Anniesland	39	39	58
Westerton	39	39	58
Bargeddie	37	37	30
Baillieston	37	37	30
Carmyle	37	37	30
Kirkwood	37	37	30
Lancaster	37	35	39
Mount Vernon	37	37	30
Coatbridge Central	35	35	0

and 74 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Motherwell is

1,049,030 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 514th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 100,406 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Motherwell and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 371,618 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.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Motherwell gains 12 destinations including Dunbar, Basingstoke, Southampton Central, Brockenhurst, Oxford, Reading.

Nearest other stations

Airbles 0.7 miles
Holytown 1.6 miles
Shieldmuir 1.7 miles
Carfin 1.9 miles
Chatelherault 1.9 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Motherwell, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Flemington · 1.2 miles
Mossend · 2.0 miles
Bellshill (NBR) · 2.4 miles
Mossend EuroTerminal · 2.4 miles
Peacock Cross · 2.6 miles
Bothwell · 3.0 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.