Shotts train station
You can reach 21 stations directly from Shotts on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Edinburgh Waverley, with 64 trains a day.
Shotts is the nearest station for postcodes in ML7. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Shotts
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh Waverley | 64 | 63 | 12 |
| Haymarket | 64 | 63 | 12 |
| Livingston South | 64 | 63 | 12 |
| West Calder | 64 | 63 | 12 |
| Bellshill | 62 | 62 | 12 |
| Glasgow Central | 62 | 62 | 12 |
| Holytown | 42 | 42 | 12 |
| Uddingston | 41 | 41 | 12 |
| Addiewell | 40 | 40 | 12 |
| Cleland | 40 | 40 | 12 |
| Carfin | 40 | 40 | 12 |
| Fauldhouse | 40 | 40 | 12 |
| Hartwood | 40 | 40 | 12 |
| Curriehill | 39 | 39 | 12 |
| Kirknewton | 39 | 39 | 12 |
| Kingsknowe | 38 | 38 | 12 |
| Slateford | 38 | 38 | 12 |
| Wester Hailes | 38 | 38 | 12 |
| Breich | 37 | 36 | 12 |
| Cambuslang | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Motherwell | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Shotts
Shotts is on the Edinburgh to Glasgow via Shotts. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
How busy Shotts station is
173,044 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,475th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Shotts and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 83,384 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
- Hartwood 1.6 miles
- Fauldhouse 3.1 miles
- Cleland 4.4 miles
- Blackridge 4.9 miles
- Breich 5.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Shotts, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Blackhall · 1.5 miles
- Headless Cross · 2.2 miles
- Davies Dyke · 2.7 miles
- Newmains · 3.7 miles
- Crofthead · 3.7 miles
- Morningside railway station, Caledonian · 3.9 miles
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Facilities at Shotts station
Shotts is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:45 to 09:15 · Saturday: 08:15 to 12:30 · Sunday: closed
Parking at Shotts station
- Station Car Park 12 spaces, 10 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 6 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 August 2026.
Getting to Shotts station
Shotts station is in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J5 (Shotts Interchange), 2.5 miles north.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Shotts 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