Auchengray railway station

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Auchengray
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Site of Auchengray Railway Station
General information
Location Auchengray, South Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates 55°45′48″N3°36′36″W / 55.7634°N 3.6100°W / 55.7634; -3.6100 Coordinates: 55°45′48″N3°36′36″W / 55.7634°N 3.6100°W / 55.7634; -3.6100
Grid reference NS989533
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Caledonian Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
15 February 1848Station opens
18 April 1966Station closes

Auchengray railway station was just outside Auchengray, a hamlet in the Parish of Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line.

Contents

It is near Tarbrax and Woolfords. The Wilsontown Ironworks Branch ran from just to the north.

There is now no station convenient for Auchengray.

History

Opened by 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

Trains pass at speed on the West Coast Main Line but there is no station at the site now.

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References

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Carnwath   Caledonian Railway
Main Line to Edinburgh
  Cobbinshaw
Terminus  Caledonian Railway
Wilsontown Ironworks Branch
  Haywood