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 Platform 2 at Lanark railway station, looking towards the ticket office | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Lanark,South Lanarkshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°40′25″N3°46′20″W / 55.6735°N 3.7723°W /55.6735; -3.7723 | ||||
| Grid reference | NS886436 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Transit authority | Strathclyde Partnership for Transport | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | LNK | ||||
| Fare zone | L3 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 5 June 1855; 170 years ago (1855-06-05) | ||||
| Original company | Lanark Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.280 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 30,996 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.144 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.203 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.247 million | ||||
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Lanark railway station, managed byScotRail, is the southern terminus of theArgyle Line on Bannatyne Street,Lanark,South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is staffed part-time.[2]
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Lanark station opened in 1855, as the terminus of a short branch line off theCaledonian Railway'sWest Coast Main Line. The branch had a triangular junction with the main line to allow trains from Lanark to head west towardsCarluke or east toCarstairs. The eastern curve closed in the 1960s.
There was another triangular junction closer to Lanark station itself, and this is just north of the golf course and the embankments are still clearly visible. (summer 2017)
These were the two curves leading from the Lanark branch towards Muirkirk and Ayrshire and Lanark racecourse halt of course.[3]
In 1864, a line south from Lanark to Douglas was opened, and in 1874 it was extended toMuirkirk in Ayrshire, where it formed an end-on junction with theGlasgow and South Western Railway, though that line closed in 1964.
In 1974, the Lanark branch was included in theWest Coast Main Line "Electric Scots" electrification project byBritish Rail.
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There is a peak approximately half-hourly, and an off-peak hourly,ScotRail toGlasgow Central High Level viaShieldmuir,Motherwell andBellshill,[4] taking a little less than an hour.
Services on this route formerly ran viaHolytown, and all trains continued via the Argyle Line to the north west suburbs of the city,[5] but since the electrification of theWhifflet Line these now run to and from High Level instead, and run fast beyond Cambuslang.
There are no southbound or eastbound services, as the branch only has a northbound chord connecting it to theWest Coast Main Line (WCML) at Lanark Junction.
There have been calls for the southbound chord to be reconnected to allow direct services from Lanark toEdinburgh,[6] but the route was subsequently re-used for housing.[citation needed]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Terminus | ScotRail Argyle Line | Carluke | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Carstairs | Caledonian Railway Main Line | Cleghorn | ||
| Terminus | Caledonian Railway Branch to Douglas & G&SWR | Sandilands | ||
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