Editing Hamilton, South Lanarkshire (section)

==Transport==
Hamilton has three railway stations, [[Hamilton Central railway station|Hamilton Central]], [[Hamilton West railway station|Hamilton West]] and [[Chatelherault railway station|Chatelherault]] on the [[Argyle Line]]'s [[Hamilton Branch (railway)|Hamilton Circle]]. Hamilton Central is approx 25 minutes from Glasgow on the  [[Larkhall railway station|Larkhall]]-[[Dalmuir railway station|Dalmuir]] service. It was once served by the [[North British Railway]], which had three stations in the area - [[Hamilton (NBR) railway station|Hamilton (NBR)]], Peacock Cross railway station and [[Burnbank railway station|Burnbank]].

Beside [[Hamilton Central railway station|Hamilton Central]] lies [[Hamilton Bus Station]], providing links to surrounding towns and cities, also offering an express bus to [[Glasgow]] and also some parts of England. [[National Express Coaches|National Express]] services run to London and Birmingham from this station.

Major roads in the town include the [[A72 road|A72]] running south-east to [[Larkhall]], the [[A723 road|A723]] south to [[Strathaven]] / north-east to [[Motherwell]], and the [[A724 road|A724]] west towards [[Rutherglen]], while to the west at [[Blantyre, South Lanarkshire|Blantyre]], the [[A725 road|A725 dual carriageway]] connects the area to [[East Kilbride]], [[Coatbridge]] and the [[M8 motorway (Scotland)|M8]]. By road the town is to the west of the [[A74(M) and M74 motorways|M74]] motorway, the main southerly link to England, which joins the [[M6 motorway|M6]] just north of [[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]]. The main route from Edinburgh is the [[M8 motorway (Scotland)|M8]], leaving at junctions 6 or 7.

Cycling paths run from [[Strathclyde Park]] to [[Chatelherault Country Park]] following the banks of the Clyde and Avon. These are being expanded at part of the [[Sustrans]] [[Connect2]] project<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sustransconnect2.org.uk/schemes/project_detail.php?id=104 |title=Hamilton, Chatelherault, Larkhall links &#124; Sustrans |publisher=Sustransconnect2.org.uk |access-date=2012-11-14}}</ref> and will make up part of the [[National Cycle Route 74]] which will run from [[Uddingston]] to [[Carlisle, Cumbria]]