The station opened on 1 June 1880, along with the line from Law Junction to. It was previously known as Wishaw Central until the closure of the town's station nearby on the WCML in 1958, which was known as "Wishaw South".
Services
Historical
Up until the electrification of the West Coast Main Line through to in 1974, Wishaw was served by a Monday to Saturday hourly diesel service from to Glasgow CentralHigh Level, alternating between services via Holytown/Hamilton and Bellshill.
1974 to 1979
An hourly electric service was provided between Glasgow Central High Level, running non-stop to Motherwell, as Shieldmuir station did not open until 1987.
1979 to 2001
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
The station is currently served by a mixture of units and refurbished units. Since 2001, the following Abellio ScotRail service pattern has been in place -:
A recast of the Argyle Line timetable in the wake of the Whifflet Line electrification has seen some significant changes to the service pattern. All services to Motherwell & Glasgow Central now run via Shieldmuir & Bellshill rather than alternating via this route and Holytown & Hamilton and they also now terminate at Central High Level rather than running through to Partick and beyond via Rutherglen & Central Low Level. The only exception is a single weekday train from to Dalmuir in the morning peak, which returns from to Carstairs in the evening & uses the route via Holytown. The two-hourly semi-fast service between Glasgow Central & Edinburgh still calls all day and now is extended through to/from. The line is heavily used for freight services also, with several Freightliner container trains a day from the nearby Coatbridge terminal to destinations in the south of England such as Felixstowe and Southampton. It is also used by services to the Mossendfreight terminal as well as those travelling from the West Coast Main Line to the Highlands. The line through Wishaw station is heavily used during engineering work on the adjacent West Coast Main Line which brings a wide variety of rolling stock to the line.
