Wishaw

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Wishaw Central (1880-1965)
Wishaw (1965-)

Station code: WSH National Rail ScotRail
Where: North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Opened on the Wishaw Deviation (Caledonian Railway).
Open on the Glasgow to Lanark.

Description

This is a two platform station. There is a car park to the north and a modern station building on the northbound platform.

It was opened in 1880 with the opening of the Wishaw Deviation (Caledonian Railway). This station was actually in Wishaw unlike its predecessor, Wishaw [1st] station which became Wishaw South.

The station had long platforms (since cut back at the north end) and a main building on the northbound platform. There was a bay platform at the north end of the northbound platform, resulting in the main station building being at the southern end of the station.

There was a goods yard to the east, with a large goods shed, several sidings, loading bank and cattle bank. This line continued a little to the north to serve the gas works. The yard was approached from the south.

The signal box was on the southbound platform. It closed in 1897 with the opening of Wishaw North Junction and Wishaw South Junction boxes, both opened in connection with the new Wishaw, Cambusnethan and Coltness Line (Caledonian Railway) of 1901.

The station was renamed Wishaw in 1965 (Wishaw South had closed in 1958).

Tags

Station
02/08/2020




Chronology Dates

  /  /    R Y Pickering Wagon Works
Established in Wishaw to build rolling stock.
01/06/1880Wishaw Deviation (Caledonian Railway)
Law Junction to Holytown opened. Stations opened at Wishaw Central and Overtown Waterloo.
14/06/1965Wishaw Deviation (Caledonian Railway)
Wishaw Central re-named Wishaw.

News items

04/12/2023Wishaw Scotrail worker wins award from Samaritans for life-saving intervention [Glasgow World]
25/02/2022ScotRail ticket office closures postponed and fewer in Glasgow will have hours reduced [Glasgow World]
20/10/2021Bus driver ploughed into bridge after forgetting he was driving double decker [Daily Record]
17/08/2020Wishaw: Double decker bus collides with rail bridge in Wishaw affecting train services [Evening Times]
04/06/2020Wild boar on the loose at Wishaw causes train disruption [BBC News]
26/01/2019Road bridge smashes to blame for train delays [Scotsman]
04/01/2012Keep Scotland Beautiful give award to Wishaw train station [Wishaw Press]
20/05/2009Roads and rail disrupted by fire [BBC News Article]
01/12/2008Slash and grab raids on railways [BBC News]
06/01/2003SPT timetable alterations [Railscot]

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Caledonian Railway Livery: The True Line Elegance and Style

Lanarkshire's Last Days of Steam

Old Wishaw

The Caledonian, Scotland's Imperial Railway: A History

Through Scotland with the Caledonian Railway