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Bankhead railway station (Lanarkshire)

Coordinates: 55°41′05″N 3°37′17″W / 55.68469°N 3.62130°W / 55.68469; -3.62130
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Bankhead
General information
LocationBankhead, South Lanarkshire
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
November 1867 (1867-11)Opened
12 September 1932Closed
17 July 1933Reopened
4 June 1945 (1945-06-04)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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 60
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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Carstairs
Line closed, station open
  Dolphinton branch   Newbigging
Line and station closed

55°41′05″N 3°37′17″W / 55.68469°N 3.62130°W / 55.68469; -3.62130