Hartwood railway station

Hartwood

Scottish Gaelic: Coille an Daimh[1]
National Rail
Hartwood following electrification in 2019
General information
LocationHartwood, North Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°48′40″N 3°50′20″W / 55.8112°N 3.8389°W / 55.8112; -3.8389
Grid referenceNS848590
Managed byScotRail
Transit authorityStrathclyde Partnership for Transport
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHTW
History
Opened1 May 1889
Original companyCleland and Midcalder Line
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 11,628
2019/20Increase 11,846
2020/21Decrease 1,662
2021/22Increase 7,486
2022/23Increase 11,802
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hartwood railway station is a railway station serving Hartwood in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the Shotts Line, 19 miles (31 km) east of Glasgow Central towards Edinburgh Waverley. The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge. It is managed by ScotRail.

The station was built within the grounds of Hartwood Hospital, a major psychiatric hospital, which used to provide the bulk of the passenger traffic. A short mineral branch once ran from the far side of the northern platform to the main hospital buildings to transport coal and other commodities.[2]

This hospital was closed in 1998, with its services transferred to the nearby Hartwoodhill Hospital, but this is too far away to make use of the railway station. The station was partially rebuilt in 2018 and the line electrified with full electric services starting from the May 19th change of timetable in 2019.

  1. ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. ^ Lanarkshire Sheet XIII.SW, Surveyed: 1897, Published: 1899