Closure of access roads

Closure of access road to rail station

The access road to Motherwell Rail Station (off Hamilton Road roundabout) that serves the taxi rank and drop-off facility will be closed from 6am on Monday 21 October for 14 days to allow work to be carried out safely.

Temporary closure of Muir Street (Including bus stop)

Muir Street will also be closed for a short period from 12am on Saturday 26 October to to 12am on Monday 28 October to allow for resurfacing work of the road and bus layby.

For more information on how this may affect you, visit the Muir Street webpage.

Motherwell town centre and rail station

Motherwell Rail Station

Image of refurbished and expanded station building

This work has been being carried out by ScotRail with help from Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) and Transport Scotland.

We have worked with these organisations on the proposals for Motherwell Rail Station and coordinated our proposals for Muir Street with the station work.

Motherwell Rail Station upgrade and Muir Street project

Video of Councillor Kelly talking about the work at the station

What was done at the station

The work has provided:

improvements to the station building including new cladding and making the entrance area bigger and brighter
a new glass roof on the station building
new ticketing and retail facilities
new staff and passenger facilities including a new waiting area
a wider station forecourt with new paving and more space for pedestrians and cyclists
a new retaining wall and emergency pedestrian ramp access
street furniture and street trees
new bike storage racks