Wishaw railway station serves the town of Wishaw, in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Wishaw Deviation Line, just south of the single tracked link line which connects to the West Coast Main Line (WCML) at .
The station opened on 1 June 1880, along with the Whishaw Deviation (Caledonian Railway) from Law Junction to . There were two long platforms, with a bay at the north end of the northbound platform. A goods yard lay to the east, with a signal box on the southbound platform.
It was first known as Wishaw Central until the closure of , sited nearby on the WCML, in 1958.
Up until the electrification of the WCML through to in 1974, Wishaw was served by an hourly diesel service from to Glasgow Central High Level, alternating between services via Holytown/Hamilton and Bellshill.
Between 1974 and 1979, an hourly electric service was provided between Glasgow Central High Level, running non-stop to .
From 1979 until 2001, an hourly electric service was provided Monday to Saturday between Lanark and running via Motherwell and Bellshill. The service was initially non-stop to Motherwell; however, in 1987, a new intermediate station was opened at Shieldmuir. An hourly Sunday service was introduced in 1997.
From 2001 to 2014, the following general off-peak service pattern was in place, in trains per hour (tph), by a mixture of and units:
The main station building lies on the northbound platform. There is a 25-space car park and ticket office staffed from Monday to Saturday.
ScotRail operates the following general off-peak service pattern, in trains per hour (tph):
A recast of the Argyle Line timetable, in the wake of the Whifflet Line electrification, saw some significant changes to the service pattern. All services to and Glasgow Central now run via Shieldmuir and , rather than alternating via this route and Hamilton Central; they also now terminate at Central High Level rather than running through to and beyond.
The line is used heavily by freight services, with several Freightliner container trains per day from the nearby Coatbridge terminal to destinations in the south of England such as the Port of Felixstowe and Southampton; it is also used by services to the Mossend freight terminal.