Wishaw railway station
Wishaw 
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| Location | |
| Place | Wishaw |
| Local authority | North Lanarkshire |
| Coordinates | 55°46′20″N 3°55′34″W / 55.7721°N 3.9261°WCoordinates: 55°46′20″N 3°55′34″W / 55.7721°N 3.9261°W |
| Grid reference | NS792548 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WSH |
| 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 |
 0.373 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.399 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.397 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.432 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.465 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 1 June 1880 | Opened as Wishaw Central |
| 14 June 1965 | Renamed as Wishaw |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wishaw from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Wishaw railway station is a railway station in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Wishaw Deviation Line just south of the single track link line which connects to the West Coast Main Line at Shieldmuir.
The station opened on 1 June 1880, along with the line from Law Junction to Holytown. It was previously known as Wishaw Central until the closure of the town's station nearby on the WCML in 1958, which was known as "Wishaw South".
Up until the electrification of the West Coast Main Line through to Glasgow Central in 1974, Wishaw was served by a Monday to Saturday hourly diesel service from Lanark to Glasgow Central High Level, alternating between services via Holytown/Hamilton and Bellshill.
An hourly electric service was provided between Glasgow Central High Level, running non-stop to Motherwell, as Shieldmuir station did not open until 1987.
From 1979 until 2001 an hourly electric service was provided Monday to Saturday between Lanark and Milngavie running via Motherwell and Bellshill. The service was initially non-stop to Motherwell, however in 1987 a new intermediate station was opened at Shieldmuir.
An hourly Sunday service was introduced in 1997.
The station is currently served by a mixture of Class 320 units and refurbished Class 318 units.
Since 2001, the following Abellio ScotRail service pattern has been in place -:
A recast of the Argyle Line timetable in the wake of the Whifflet Line electrification has seen some significant changes to the service pattern. All services to Motherwell & Glasgow Central now run via Shieldmuir & Bellshill (every half-hour) rather than alternating via this route and Holytown & Hamilton and they also now terminate at Central High Level rather than running through to Partick and beyond via Rutherglen & Central Low Level (passengers now must change at Cambuslang for these destinations). The only exception is a single weekday train from Carstairs to Dalmuir in the morning peak, which returns from Anderston to Carstairs in the evening & uses the route via Holytown.
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