Holytown railway station

Holytown Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Chuilinn[1]
General information
Location	New Stevenston, North Lanarkshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°48′45″N 3°58′25″W / 55.8126°N 3.9736°W / 55.8126; -3.9736
Grid reference	NS764594
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HLY
Key dates
1 June 1880[2]	Opened as Carfin
1 January 1882	Renamed Carfin Junction
1 June 1882[3]	Renamed Holytown Junction
1 October 1901	Renamed Holytown
Passengers
2018/19	0.127 million
2019/20	0.133 million
2020/21	23,934
2021/22	85,942
2022/23	0.122 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Holytown railway station is a railway station serving both Holytown and New Stevenston in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line, 13 miles (21 km) south east of Glasgow Central towards Edinburgh Waverley and is also on the Argyle Line. It was opened in 1880 (as 'Carfin') at the same time as the Wishaw Deviation Line from Law Junction, though the line on which it actually stands (the Wishaw and Coltness Railway) is considerably older.

Despite its name, the station is some 550 yards (500 m) from the edge of Holytown; instead it is in New Stevenston.

The station was opened to assist the coal mining industry; the mines are now long gone.

Around 2003, some services to Lanark on the Argyle Line began running via Holytown (by means of the Mossend South to East curve) then down to Wishaw, creating two routes (one via Holytown and the other via the already existing Shieldmuir). This created a twice-hourly service at Holytown to/from Glasgow and a regular link to/from Motherwell.