Douglas West railway station

Last updated

Douglas West
Douglas West station site geograph-3418218-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Site of the station in 1994
General information
Location Douglas, South Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates 55°33′28″N3°52′17″W / 55.5579°N 3.8715°W / 55.5579; -3.8715 Coordinates: 55°33′28″N3°52′17″W / 55.5579°N 3.8715°W / 55.5579; -3.8715
Grid reference NS820309
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Caledonian Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1896Station opened
5 October 1964 (1964-10-05)Station closed

Douglas West railway station served the village of Douglas West, South Lanarkshire in Scotland between 1896 and 1964.

Contents

History

The railway line between Happendon (then called Douglas) and Muirkirk was built by the Lanark Railway, and it opened for goods on 1 January 1873; passenger services were introduced on 1 June 1874. [1] The Muirkirk and Lesmahagow Junction Railway (M&LJR), which was a line 2+1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) long connecting the Lanark Railway at Poneil Junction with the Lesmahagow Railway at Alton Heights Junction, opened for goods on 2 April 1883; passenger services being introduced in 1894. [2]

The station at Douglas West was opened on 1 October 1896 by the Caledonian Railway, [3] which had absorbed the Lanark Railway, the Lesmahagow Railway and the M&LJR. [1] [2] [4] It was situated to the south-west of Poneil Junction, where the former Lanark Railway line was met by the former M&LJR line. [5] There were two platforms connected by a footbridge; close to the southbound platform was a signal box and behind that a goods shed.

Passenger services over the former M&LJR line were withdrawn on 11 September 1939. [2]

The station was closed by British Railways on 5 October 1964. [6]

Related Research Articles

Railway stations in Newport

There have been many railway stations in Newport, due to its importance as a port for the industrial Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire valleys. The only stations in use at the moment are Newport in the city centre and in the Western valley Pye Corner and Rogerstone.

Whitehaven railway station Railway station in Cumbria, England

Whitehaven is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 39 miles (63 km) south-west of Carlisle, serves the town of Whitehaven in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

Woodhouse railway station Railway station in South Yorkshire, England

Woodhouse railway station serves Woodhouse and Woodhouse Mill in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The station is 5.25 miles (8 km) east of Sheffield station on the Sheffield to Lincoln Line.

Cwmbran railway station Railway station in Torfaen, Wales

Cwmbran railway station is in the northeast of Cwmbran town centre, within five minutes' walking distance. It is part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail and is managed by Transport for Wales, who operate all trains serving it. It lies on the Welsh Marches Line from Newport to Hereford. The station was opened at this site in 1986 to serve the commuter route to Newport and Cardiff, and shoppers to the town centre.

Blantyre railway station Railway station in South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Blantyre railway station serves the burgh of Blantyre, near Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Argyle Line, 14 km south east of Glasgow Central railway station. Passenger services are provided by ScotRail Trains on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

Aberbeeg railway station Disused railway station in Aberbeeg, Wales

Aberbeeg railway station served the village of Aberbeeg in Monmouthshire, Wales. It was the junction where the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company's lines from Newport to Brynmawr and Ebbw Vale diverged.

Cwm railway station Former railway station in Wales

Cwm railway station served the village of Cwm in Monmouthshire, Wales.

The Ruabon–Barmouth line was a standard-gauge line owned by the Great Western Railway across the north of Wales which connected Ruabon, in the east, with Barmouth on the west coast.

Granborough Road railway station was a station serving the village of Granborough, to the north of Quainton in Buckinghamshire, England.

Newport Dock Street railway station was one of three stations in central Newport, Monmouthshire.

The Hamilton and Strathaven Railway was a historic railway in Scotland. It ran from a junction with the Hamilton Branch of the Caledonian Railway to a terminus at Strathaven. The railway was worked from the start by the Caledonian Railway, who absorbed the railway company in 1864.

Abergavenny Junction railway station was a station situated near the junction made between the London and North Western Railway's Heads of the Valleys line and the West Midland Railway's Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, which served the town of Abergavenny in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.

Adlestrop railway station Disused railway station in Adlestrop, Cotswold

Adlestrop railway station was a railway station which served the village of Adlestrop in Gloucestershire, England, between 1853 and 1966. It was on what is now called the Cotswold Line. The station was immortalised in the poem "Adlestrop" by Edward Thomas after his train stopped there on 24 June 1914.

Broadheath (Altrincham) railway station

Broadheath (Altrincham) railway station served Broadheath and the northern part of Altrincham in Cheshire, England, between its opening in 1853 and closure in 1962.

Olney was a railway station on the former Bedford to Northampton Line and Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway which served the town of Olney in Buckinghamshire, England. It was situated on a busy section of line between Towcester and Ravenstone Wood junction which saw heavy use by freight services running between Wales and north-east England. The station closed for passengers in 1962 and completely in 1964, the various connecting routes to the line having closed one by one from the 1950s onwards.

Muirkirk railway station was a railway station serving the village of Muirkirk, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

Symington railway station served the village of Symington in Scotland between 1848 and 1965. It was on the main line of the Caledonian Railway and for most of its life was the junction for the branch to Peebles.

Pontypridd Tram Road was a railway station in Pontypridd, Wales. From 1904 to 1922, it served as the Pontypridd terminus of the Alexandra Docks and Railway's local passenger service between Pontypridd and Caerphilly.

Cwmbran railway station was a station in the old village of Cwmbran in Torfaen in South Wales, UK.

This article traces the Caledonian Railway branches in South Lanarkshire.

References

  1. 1 2 Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 85. CN 8983.
  2. 1 2 3 Awdry 1990 , p. 95
  3. ↑ Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 152. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.
  4. ↑ Awdry 1990 , p. 88
  5. ↑ Conolly, W. Philip (January 1960). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (2nd ed.). Hampton Court: Railway Publications Ltd. p. 30, section E5.
  6. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 81. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Alton Heights Junction
Line and station closed		  Caledonian Railway
Muirkirk and Lesmahagow Junction Railway
  Inches
Line and station closed
Happendon
Line and station closed		  Caledonian Railway
Lanark Railway
 
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.