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Shotts railway station

Shotts railway station is a railway station serving in , . It is located on the Shotts Line, 20½ miles east of towards .
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Shotts Station” and “SHS”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hannah Park and HM Prison Shotts.

Sports venue
Photo: Robert Guthrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shotts Bon Accord Football Academy are a football club based in the town of , . The club was formed in 1950 and currently competes in the West of Scotland League Premier Division. is situated 3,000 feet northwest of Shotts railway station.

Prison
is a prison near , North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is a prison holding male prisoners with maximum security classification. Shotts exclusively holds prisoners serving a term of five years or longer, with some prisoners being transferred from other prisons due to a need for a more secure environment. is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Shotts railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station serving in , . It is on the Shotts Line, 19 miles east of towards . is situated 1½ miles west of Shotts railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shotts and Hartwood.

Town
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small town in , Scotland. It is located 16 miles from and has a population of about 8,840. A local story has being named after the legendary giant highwayman Bertram de , though toponymists give the Anglo-Saxon scēots as the real source of the name.

Village
Photo: Jim Smillie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , Scotland. Nearby settlements include , and . The area is rural, with fewer than 50 houses. is situated 1½ miles west of Shotts railway station.

Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the A71, in , Scotland. Colliery was the last colliery to be built and the first colliery to be taken over by the National Coal Board in 1951. is situated 2 miles southwest of Shotts railway station.

Shotts railway station

Latitude
55.81857° or 55° 49′ 7″ north
Longitude
-3.79908° or 3° 47′ 57″ west
Elevation
696 feet (212 metres)
Operator
ScotRail
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“SHS”
Open location code
9C7RR692+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30744619
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
2637899
Wiki­data ID
Q2256624
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Shotts railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Shotts”
  • Dutch: “Station Shotts”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة شوتس”
  • French: “gare de Shotts”
  • French: “Shotts”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Shotts”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shotts railway station”. Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.