Douglas West railway station

Douglas West
Douglas West
	Site of the station in 1994
Location	Douglas, South Lanarkshire; Scotland
Coordinates	55.5579°N 3.8715°W
Grid reference	NS820309
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1896	Station opened
5 October 1964	Station closed

Douglas West railway station served the village of Douglas, 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Passenger services over the former M&LJR line were withdrawn on 11 September 1939.[2]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

Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 85. CN 8983.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Awdry 1990, p. 95
Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
Awdry 1990, p. 88
Conolly, W. Philip (January 1960). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (2nd ed.). Hampton Court: Railway Publications Ltd. p. 30, section E5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 81. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

Douglas West Station on navigable O.S. map

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		Inches Line and station closed

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[Awdry85-1] Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 85. CN 8983.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

[Awdry95-2] Awdry 1990, p. 95

[Quick-3] Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

[Butt-6] Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 81. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)