Date: 01/12/2008

Gangs of youths have been carrying out raids on freight trains as they pass through North Lanarkshire. British Transport Police are investigating four incidents where trains carrying goods to Tesco supermarkets were targeted. The gangs slashed the sides of the trains and, in one raid the Wishaw area, escaped with cases of alcohol. Police have been monitoring the tracks by helicopter in a bid to spot the raiders.

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A Glasgow Central to Lanark service pulls into Wishaw on 25 October 2018. This station, on a line of its own, also has an unhurried link to Edinburgh.
Location: Wishaw
Company: Wishaw Deviation (Caledonian Railway)
25/10/2018 David Panton

A Lanark to Glasgow Central service approaches Wishaw on 25 October 2018. Note the colour-coded car stop sign, seen only at a few stations.
Location: Wishaw
Company: Wishaw Deviation (Caledonian Railway)
25/10/2018 David Panton

A Glasgow Central to Lanark service approaching Wishaw on 21st August 2018.
Location: Wishaw
Company: Wishaw Deviation (Caledonian Railway)
21/08/2018 Alastair McLellan