Trains to Newton (Lanarks) - Station Details and further Information on Newton (Lanarks) Train Services
Newton train station is a train station located between the town of Halfway and the village of Newton in South Lanarkshire, near the larger town of Cambuslang in Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail on the Argyle and Cathcart Circle Lines.
Newton station forms part of the Argyle Line 6¼ miles south east of Glasgow Central (Low Level) and is also a terminus for the Cathcart Circle (Newton branch) 10 miles south east of Glasgow Central (High Level). Newton is also the location of a junction between the West Coast Main Line and the Argyle/Cathcart Circle routes; it is at this point Argyle Line services leave the West Coast Main Line en route to the Hamilton Circle.
Just a few hundred yards west of Newton station, the line from Kirkhill comes alongside the WCML tracks from Cambuslang, and a single lead junction allows trains from the Cambuslang direction to enter the station. To the east of the station, links from the platforms join the main lines as they bear north east towards Uddingston. Services taking this route include WCML and ECML (GNER/Virgin), Bellshill line services and Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts. The platform lines bear south east towards Blantyre. Services heading this way include those to Larkhall and Coatbridge Central. |
