Trade Plate Vehicle Movements in East Kilbride

Around East Kilbride: the A725, the A726 and the neighbourhoods

The A725 links the town to the M74 and carries most of our longer drives in and out. The A726 heads into Glasgow one way and out to Strathaven the other, while the A749 is the East Kilbride Road into the city. Being close to Glasgow does not make every job a same day job, and a closure at the Raith or a shift change at Kelvin can hold things up, so we agree a date that works.

The new town is split into neighbourhoods and each has its own last stretch. The Plaza, The Village and the streets around Calderwood are tighter than they look on a map, Kelvin, College Milton and Nerston have barriers and managers, and homes in St Leonards, Westwood or Stewartfield need a legal place to stop. Tell us exactly where the car is and the driver will head straight there.

Hamilton, Blantyre, Eaglesham, Strathaven and Rutherglen are all near neighbours. A move from Kelvin to Calderwood is one job and a move from East Kilbride to England is another. The town sits at the end of the branch line from Glasgow Central, with Hairmyres as a second stop, and we pick whichever suits the driver after a one way delivery.

Collecting auction lots from BCA Glasgow and BCA Bellshill

East Kilbride has no auction site of its own. Buyers here usually collect from BCA Glasgow or Central Car Auctions Glasgow in the city, or from BCA Bellshill elsewhere in Lanarkshire. Manheim Shotts lies further east if that is where you bought.

Once the auction confirms your lot has been released, our driver collects it from the gate and brings it home to you. Our guide to auction collection after release explains the steps. Salvage lots are the exception, because they cannot be driven on trade plates.

If your car is going to or from the city itself, our page on trade plate vehicle movements in Glasgow has the detail.

Dealer transfers and fleet vans from Kelvin and Nerston

Plenty of our East Kilbride work is an independent sending a car to a group site in Glasgow, or a part exchange heading for Bellshill once it is legal to drive. Fleet vans leave units at Kelvin, College Milton and Nerston, and each needs a valid MOT before we can take it. Light vans are fine. HGVs are not.

When a customer in Stewartfield or The Village is expecting their new car, our driver delivers it to their door. There is more on dealer transfers and customer handovers here., and please give us a named contact at each end.

Getting the details right for a G75 booking

Most delays come from a collection booked as East Kilbride that is really in Blantyre or Hamilton. Add the neighbourhood, any barrier code and the person on site, and we will not send the driver to The Village when the car is at BCA Glasgow or a house in St Leonards.

Even a short hop from Hairmyres to Calderwood gets full paperwork. We photograph and note the condition at collection, take a signature on delivery and email you both proofs in one report.

Booking your East Kilbride movement

We can only drive vehicles that are roadworthy and road legal, with a valid MOT where the law requires it. Our trade plates go on the car and our motor trade road risk insurance covers it right up to the signature. Our pages on driven trade plate movements and UK coverage from Glasgow explain more.

For a price, enter the registration, both postcodes and your dates for an instant quote. If the car is in an auction compound, name it in the booking. Prefer to talk? Call 0141 459 1302.