Cobbinshaw railway station

Cobbinshaw railway station was on the Caledonian Railway Edinburgh to Carstairs line sited near a village called Woolfords in South Lanarkshire. The freight only branch line to Tarbrax joined here.

Cobbinshaw
Operations
Original companyCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms2
History
15 February 1848Opened
4 October 1875Replaced by new station
18 April 1966Closed[1]
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 Royal Mail post for the local area was dropped off at Cobbinshaw, so local addresses then had Cobbinshaw as their post district, rather than the current West Calder.

References

  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Harburn
Line open; Station closed
  Caledonian Railway Main Line
from Edinburgh
  Auchengray
Line open; Station closed


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