Details of how our services are operating over the festive period, including registration offices, social work services and bin collections.
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
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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
This work has been funded by ScotRail, Transport Scotland and SPT.
See the work as it happened
Video of the work being done at the station and Muir Street
Our work on Muir Street which has been funded through the Glasgow City Region City Deal has provided:
- replacement blue badge parking spaces
- a drop-off area
- new taxi rank and access road to the station
Station building glass roof
Artist's impression of the improved station concourse
Project news
ScotRail issued several news releases about the project as the work was being done. You can read these if you want more information on what was done.
20 June 2023 - Transport Minister officially opens Motherwell station redevelopment and transport integration hub.
28 April 2023 - Changes to access at Motherwell station as redevelopment enters final stages.
08 February 2023 - New glass roof marks major milestone in Motherwell station redevelopment.
21 November 2022 - Motherwell ticket office relocates as fifth phase of redevelopment progresses.
01 September 2022 - Work progresses on Motherwell railway station expansion.
14 January 2022 - New customer lounge opens at Motherwell station.
14 September 2021 - ScotRail announces third phase of Motherwell station.
26 May 2021 - Phase 2 of £14.5m Motherwell station transformation is on track.
19 February 2021 - Work continues on Motherwell station.
20 August 2020 - Work starts on second phase of Motherwell station redevelopment.
25 June 2020 - Work on the £14.5m redevelopment of Motherwell station.