Douglas West railway station

Douglas West
Site of the station in 1994
General information
LocationDouglas, South Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°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 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Passenger services over the former M&LJR line were withdrawn on 11 September 1939.[2]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]

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.


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