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Location notes
Newton is on the West Coast Main Line south-east of Glasgow City Centre. It is a junction between the main line and two suburban lines, one to Glasgow via Cathcart and the other to Motherwell via Hamilton. The platforms are on the local lines.
Railway type and traffic
The West Coast Main Line carries a variety of passenger services, operated by Virgin, East Coast and Scotrail, though not much freight passes here. The local services are in the hands of class 314 EMUs on the Cathcart services, which terminate at Newton, and 318/320/334 units on trains towards Hamilton. Transpennine 185s also pass on Manchester duties.
Environment
Newton is a fairly run-down station, though the area surrounding it is slowly being redeveloped. The station is fairly quiet, being mainly used as a Park-and-Ride facility. It is manned for most of the day and has a good waiting room on the Glasgow-bound platform.You should be safe on the station during the day.
Road directions
From the M74, Junction 3:
Turn right to head east on the A74. After passing under the M73, turn right onto the B758 (first right after the end of the dual-carriageway). Take the first proper road on the right after passing beneath the WCML. This road takes you back over the Main Line before running parallel to it for a way. The next road on the right takes you beneath the station.
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Newton Station map co-ordinates
Turn right to head east on the A74. After passing under the M73, turn right onto the B758 (first right after the end of the dual-carriageway). Take the first proper road on the right after passing beneath the WCML. This road takes you back over the Main Line before running parallel to it for a way. The next road on the right takes you beneath the station.
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Newton Station map co-ordinates
Parking
There is a car park near the station.
Public transport
There is a 30 minute service from Glasgow Central High Level, alternately via Queens Park or Pollokshaws, which terminates at Newton. There is also a similar service from Glasgow Central Low-level to Hamilton and Motherwell.
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Amenities
There are no facilities around the station.
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Newton Station
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Newton Station
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Newton Station
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Newton Station general view map
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Photographic notes
As mentioned above, the local trains arrive from the left-hand route from Cathcart and terminate at Newton. These then run forward into a siding to reverse. Hamilton trains operate from the Main Line from Glasgow, crossing over to the station before heading south towards Hamilton. Photos of these trains are best for trains heading from Glasgow, in the morning looking east and in the afternoon looking west towards the sidings and the Hamilton Branch. It would be possible to take photos of trains on the Main Line only with a telephoto lens, and these trains are really best for videoing.
General views - All photographs © Mark Bearton unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking west
Fig 2 - Looking east
Fig 3 - Looking east
Note the main line curving away to the left
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
