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

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

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

External links

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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