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Coalburn Branch
Overview
Locale
Scotland
Dates of operation
1 December 1856–1968
Route map
Legend
Lesmahagow Junction
Motherwell
Airbles
Haughhead Junction
Ross Junction
Chatelherault
Merryton Junction
Larkhall East
Dalserf
Stonehouse North Junction
Stonehouse
Stonehouse South Junction
Netherburn
Tillietudlem
Southfield Junction
Blackwood
Nethan Viaduct
Auchenheath
Brocketsbrae
Alton Heights Junction
Auchlochan
Coalburn
Bankend
The Coalburn Branch was a branch line constructed by the Caledonian Railway from Lesmahagow railway station to Bankend railway station.[1] It was the main branch of the Lesmahagow Railway.
^"Historic photos of Coalburn Station and the railway". Coalburn Heritage. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
The CoalburnBranch was a branch line constructed by the Caledonian Railway from Lesmahagow railway station to Bankend railway station. It was the main...
from the Coalburnbranch at Dalserf Junction. Separates from the Coalburnbranch at Southfield Junction. Built for Swinhill Colliery, the branch reaches...
They were served at Auchlochan Platform railway station, part of the CoalburnBranch of the Caledonian Railway.[citation needed] Eight people were killed...
McConnell. Formerly the CR CoalburnBranch, the rebuilt/new stations are Chatelherault, Merryton, and the Larkhall terminus. The branch is single line throughout...
all that was needed was cheap transport. In 1846 a branch line to collieries in Lesmahagow and Coalburn had been proposed; 63 million tons of workable coal...
South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was served by local trains on the CoalburnBranch south of Glasgow. Opened by the Caledonian Railway it became part of...
for trains approaching from the south on the Caledonian Railway's CoalburnBranch. Passengers for Glasgow had to transfer to Hamilton by coach. It was...
served the village of Dalserf in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the Coalburnbranch of the Caledonian Railway line. Passing under the line immediately...
site of the previous Merryton Junction where the Caledonian Railway CoalburnBranch diverged from the CR Mid Lanark Lines. The station has a car park but...
from the man of taste." In 1866 the Caledonian Railway opened its Coalburnbranch line, running north–south about 0.5 miles (800 m) to the west of the...
1926 and the area became an opencast coal mine. "Historic photos of Coalburn Station and the railway". Coalburn Heritage. Retrieved 15 June 2021. v t e...
visit. In 1876 Tillietudlem railway station was constructed on the CoalburnBranch of the nearby Caledonian Railway line. An 1880 tour guide description...
South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was served by local trains on the CoalburnBranch south of Glasgow. The nearest railway station to Auchenheath is now...
Coalburn railway station served Coalburn, a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It opened in 1891 and was closed in 1965. "Historic photos of Coalburn...
of branch lines, taking them over by purchase if they were successful. The principal effect of this on the main line was the construction of a branch line...
station at 'Lesmahagow Junction', the point where the Motherwell Deviation branch of the Caledonian Railway Main Line met the lines to Mossend, Hamilton and...
Railway at Newton Hamilton Branch of the Caledonian Railway at Newton Cleland and Midcalder Line at Uddingston CoalburnBranch of the Caledonian Railway...
also to Ferniegair (to join existing routes southwards to Strathaven & Coalburn) in December 1876 - a new Hamilton Central station serving the town was...
but mineral-rich area. As new coal mines opened, so new branches were needed, connecting Coalburn, Stonehouse, Strathaven, Muirkirk and Darvel and many...
interest from the people of nearby Douglas, Rigside, Douglas Water and Coalburn, a situation which continued for some time, as open air preaching continued...
problems. Caledonian Railway, Coalburn to Muirkirk Line - Mid-Lanarkshire Extension Lines scheme 1896 included a line from Coalburn to Muirkirk. The section...