Postcode sector · South Lanarkshire

Transport in G71 8

Stations, bus stops and tram stops near G71 8, and how the people who live here get to work.

Council: South Lanarkshire
Region: Scotland
Population: 8,306 (2024)

G71 8Postcode sector · South Lanarkshire

Transport

How well connected G71 8 is

12 bus stops within a ten-minute walk (800m) and 1 station or tram stop within a mile, measured from the centre of G71 8. Connectivity scores 4.0 out of 10: good.

Connectivity

4.0/ 10

Good. Based on stops within walking distance rather than service frequency, with rail and metro weighted above buses.

Bus stops

Within 800m

Rail

Within a mile

Metro & tram

Within a mile

Stations

The nearest stations

01
Blantyre Rail Station
Rail station
0.9 miles
02
Uddingston Rail Station
Rail station
1.4 miles
03
Hamilton West Rail Station
Rail station
1.9 miles
04
Bellshill Rail Station
Rail station
1.9 miles
05
Hamilton Central Rail Station
Rail station
2.5 miles
06
Newton (S Lanarks) Rail Station
Rail station
2.6 miles

Nearest bus stop: Blantyre Road, 109 yards away.

Commuting

How people get to work

How peopleget to work isn't published in a comparable form for Scotland.

Cars

Car ownership

17.8% of households in G71 8 have no car or van, well below the Scotland average of 26.4%.

G71 8Scotland

No car or van17.8%26.4%

141.9%43.1%

230.2%23.6%

3 or more10%6.9%

Sources: Department for Transport NaPTAN stop register; Census 2021 (ONS) / Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS). Distances are straight-line. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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