Auchenheath railway station

Auchenheath
The station location (1998)
General information
Location	Auchenheath, South Lanarkshire Scotland
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lesmahagow Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1866	Station opens
January 1941	Station closes
May 1945	Station reopens
1 October 1951	Station closes

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.

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.

The site today

The station house still exists and there are remains of the platforms at the northern end.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL   11956311M.
• 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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