Douglas West railway station

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Douglas West
Douglas West station site geograph-3418218-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Site of the station in 1994
LocationDouglas, South Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°33′28″N 3°52′17″W / 55.5579°N 3.8715°W / 55.5579; -3.8715Coordinates: 55°33′28″N 3°52′17″W / 55.5579°N 3.8715°W / 55.5579; -3.8715
Grid referenceNS820309
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCaledonian Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, 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.

History[]

The railway line between Happendon (then called Douglas) and Muirkirk was built by the , and it opened for goods on 1 January 1873; passenger services were introduced on 1 June 1874.[1] The (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Passenger services over the former M&LJR line were withdrawn on 11 September 1939.[2]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]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 85. CN 8983.
  2. ^ a b c 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.

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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Alton Heights Junction
Line and station closed 		  Caledonian Railway
   Inches
Line and station closed
Happendon
Line and station closed 		  Caledonian Railway
  
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