Mossend
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Mossend is a town on the A775, in North Lanarkshire
, Scotland
, to the east of its larger sister town, Bellshill
, and near to the Strathclyde Country Park.
The town is the site of a major railway freight terminal. The yard is primarily used by DB Schenker Rail (UK)
formerly EWS. Mossend formed around the steel industry, with Clydesdale Steel Works once dominating the east end of the town.
North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. It borders onto the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains much of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It also borders Stirling, Falkirk, East Dunbartonshire, West Lothian and South Lanarkshire...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, to the east of its larger sister town, Bellshill
Bellshill
Bellshill is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, 10 miles south east of Glasgow city centre and 37 miles west of Edinburgh. Other nearby towns are Motherwell , Hamilton and Coatbridge . Since 1996, it has been situated in the Greater Glasgow metropolitan area...
, and near to the Strathclyde Country Park.
The town is the site of a major railway freight terminal. The yard is primarily used by DB Schenker Rail (UK)
DB Schenker Rail (UK)
DB Schenker Rail , before 2009 known as English, Welsh and Scottish Railway is a British rail freight company. EWS was established by a consortium led by Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation in 1996 by acquisition of five of the six freight companies created by the privatisation of British...
formerly EWS. Mossend formed around the steel industry, with Clydesdale Steel Works once dominating the east end of the town.