Auchengray railway station

Coordinates: 55°45′48″N 3°36′36″W / 55.7634°N 3.6100°W / 55.7634; -3.6100
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Auchengray
Site of Auchengray Railway Station
General information
LocationAuchengray, South Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°45′48″N 3°36′36″W / 55.7634°N 3.6100°W / 55.7634; -3.6100
Grid referenceNS989533
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCaledonian Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon 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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • 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
Carnwath   Caledonian Railway
Main Line to Edinburgh
  Cobbinshaw
Terminus   Caledonian Railway
Wilsontown Ironworks Branch
  Haywood