Bankhead railway station (Lanarkshire)

Bankhead
Bankhead
General information
Location	Bankhead, South Lanarkshire; Scotland
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
November 1867	Opened
12 September 1932	Closed
17 July 1933	Reopened
4 June 1945	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[edit]

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[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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

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[quick-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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