Auchenheath railway station

Auchenheath railway station was just outside Auchenheath, a hamlet in the county of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was served by local trains on the Coalburn Branch south of Glasgow.

Auchenheath
The station location (1998)
Location
PlaceAuchenheath
AreaSouth Lanarkshire
Operations
Original companyLesmahagow Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms?
History
1 December 1866Station opens
January 1941Station closes
May 1945Station reopens
1 October 1951Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

The nearest railway station to Auchenheath is now Lanark.

History

Opened by the Lesmahagow Railway, then joining the Caledonian Railway it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

The station house still exists and there are remains of the platforms at the northern end.[1]

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References

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Brocketsbrae   Caledonian Railway
Coalburn Branch
  Tillietudlem


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