Bankhead railway station (Lanarkshire) explained

Bankhead
Status:Disused
Borough:Bankhead, South Lanarkshire
Country:Scotland
Platforms:1
Original:Caledonian Railway
Postgroup:LNER
Events:Opened
Years1:12 September 1932
Events1:Closed
Years2:17 July 1933
Events2:Reopened
Events3:Closed permanently

Bankhead railway station served the isolated settlement of Bankhead, east of Carstairs Junction in South Lanarkshire, Scotland from 1867 to 1945 on the Dolphinton branch.

History

The station opened in November 1867 by the Caledonian Railway. To the north was a goods yard with one siding. A signal box was built in 1887 which closed in 1934. The station closed on 12 September 1932 but reopened on 17 July 1933, only to close again on 4 June 1945.[1]

External links

55.6847°N -3.6213°W

Notes and References

  1. M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 60