Stuarts of Carluke 240X (Lanark to Glasgow express) parked at the new Stance 3, Lanark Interchange
In January 2026, Scottish Construction News reported that South Lanarkshire Council had started work to create a new transport interchange at Lanark, next to the railway station. Finance for this project came from the Council’s own resources, aided by funding from the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) and Transport Scotland.
Level access to the station from the new Interchange, suitable for passengers with wheelchairs, travellers with mobility impairment, and those with pushchairs or prams. The main entrance to the station on Bannatyne Street has steps.
In June 2026, the Council opened the new transport hub (South Lanarkshire View). The design of the new Interchange incorporates four bus stops. Each bus stance has a shelter digital display (electronic real-time reporting of the next three buses due at the stop). Alongside the bus shelters are the traditional bus stop poles with flags (showing the routes that stop at that particular stance and the name of the operator) and timetable panels with the SPT timetables, which include a line drawing of each route and approximate journey times at intermediate stops.
JMB Travel route 41 (Lanark to Hamilton) waiting to go onto Stance 2, which is exclusive to this high frequency route.
The digital display inside the bus shelter at stance 2. The “J” represents the name of the operator, JMB Travel.
The services which operate from the Interchange are as follows: Stance 1 is for the Firstbus service to Motherwell (route 243), whilst Stance 2 is for the JMB Travel service to Hamilton (route 41). Stance 3 brings together four services, provided by the following operators: Hobsons Travel (buses 8/8A and 9); Stuarts Coaches of Carluke (buses 17/317 to Hamilton and the 240X to Glasgow); and Whitelaws service 258 to Lesmahagow. Stance 4 covers: routes 31/31A to Abington and Wanlockhead (Shuttle Bus); bus 34/34A/34B to Forth and Livingston (Stuarts Coaches); route 37 to Carnwath (Stuarts Coaches); route 91/191 to Biggar (Stuarts Coaches); and bus 259 to Glespin (Whitelaws).
The area occupied by the new Interchange includes landscaping features, with a number of planters that have seating attached, suitable for waiting when the weather is fine.
The new interchange has a central island where drivers can park their buses for short stays. Access to the island is intended for drivers only, as illustrated by the marking on this zebra crossing.
Access to the central island is from a refuge at the entrance to the Interchange. This refuge also provides a safe place for pedestrians walking along Bannatyne Road to cross the entrance and exit to the Interchange in two stages. The previous arrangements had no equivalent foot crossing by the bus station entrance.
The bus shelter at Stance 3, with the railway platform behind the fence. Each bus stop has raised kerbing for easier access to the bus, seen here to the left of the photograph..
The Council has also installed a street map of Lanark at the Interchange, highlighting places to visit. Useful for visitors to the town. This is located next to Bus stance 1.
Located next to stance 1, the Interchange also has a shelter for cyclists to park their bikes, before taking the bus to travel longer distances, e.g. to Glasgow, Hamilton, Livingston.
Acknowledgements: Scottish Construction News [ https://www.scottishconstructionnow.com/ ] and the South Lanarkshire Review [ https://southlanarkshireview.scot/ ]
The photographs are mine.
Steven Ardron
10 October 2026
