Strathaven North railway station

Strathaven North
General information
Location	South Lanarkshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.6817°N 4.0535°W / 55.6817; -4.0535
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Hamilton and Strathaven Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1 October 1904	Opened as Strathaven
1 January 1917[1]	closed
1 February 1919	opened
30 September 1945	Closed for passengers
21 September 1953	line closed completely

Strathaven North railway station was a railway station in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

History

The line itself was primarily built by iron and coal masters such as William Dixon of the Govan Ironworks to serve the coalmines in the Hamilton, High Blantyre, Meikle Earnock and Quarter areas as well as the ironworks at Quarter. Strathaven North station was opened on the extension of the line from Flemington to Strathaven Central as part of the Mid Lanark Lines scheme to improve rail services in the area.

The first station at Strathaven was the terminus of the Hamilton and Strathaven Railway at Flemington, taken over by the Caledonian Railway; and replaced as a passenger station by Strathaven North railway station in 1904. Strathaven North opened in October 1904, closed temporarily during World War I; and closed permanently on 30 September 1945. The journey along the length of the line took around forty minutes and there were about six return journeys each day.^[2]

In 1923 Strathaven North became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway at the Grouping, passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways following the 1948 nationalisation of the railways. It was completely closed in 1953 by British Railways when goods services ceased .^[2]

Flemington, the Strathaven old station, became a goods station and closed in 1964;^[3] no sign now remains of its existence. Strathaven North was in a narrow railway cutting that has now been infilled and built on.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Glassford Line closed; station closed		Caledonian Railway Hamilton and Strathaven Railway		Strathaven Central Line closed; station closed

References

Notes

1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 408
2. Stansfield (1997), Page 40
3. Walks in Strathaven, Strathaven Community Council

Sources

• 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 (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Stansfield, Gordon (1997). Lanarkshire's Lost Railways (First ed.). Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-8720-7496-2. OCLC 37399070.

• "Strathaven in old Pictures". Archived from the original on 26 October 2009.
• "Walks in Strathaven" (PDF). Strathaven Community Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

External links

• RailScot