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Hamilton and Strathaven Railway

Hamilton and Strathaven Railway

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The Hamilton and Strathaven Railway was a historic railway in Scotland. It ran from a junction with the Hamilton Branch of the Caledonian Railway to a terminus at Strathaven. The railway was worked from the start by the Caledonian Railway, who absorbed the railway company in 1864.[1]

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Hamilton and Strathaven Railway
Legend
Up arrow Hamilton Branch
Up arrow
Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton
and Coatbridge Railway
Left arrow East Kilbride Line
 High Blantyre
 Hamilton West
 Burnbank
(GBH&CR)
Down arrow Hamilton Branch
Down arrow
Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton
and Coatbridge Railway
 Meikle Earnock Halt
 Quarter
 Glassford
Strathaven North (Old)
 Strathaven North
Right arrow Mid Lanark Lines
 Strathaven Central
Down arrow Darvel & Strathaven Rly

History

The railway was planned by William Smith Dixon, an Ironmaster.[2]

Its construction was authorised on 10 August 1857;[1] and it was opened on 9 August 1860, from Hamilton to Quarter, for the carriage of goods.[3] It opened fully on 2 February 1863, between Hamilton and Strathaven, for goods and passengers.[3]

Connections to other lines

References

Notes

  1. [1]
    Awdry (1990), P 79.
  2. [2]
    Thomas (1981), Chapter 6.
  3. [3]
    Thomas (1971), Chronology.

Sources

  • Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Thomas, John (1976). Forgotten Railways: Scotland (1st ed.). Newton Abbot: Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7185-1. OCLC 3103506.
  • Thomas, John (1981). Forgotten Railways: Scotland (2nd ed.). Newton Abbot: Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8193-8. OCLC 13641185.
  • Thomas, John (1971). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. VI Scotland: The Lowlands and the Borders (1st ed.). Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5408-6. OCLC 16198685.
  • Thomas, John; Paterson, Rev A. J. S. (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. VI Scotland: The Lowlands and the Borders (2nd ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-9465-3712-7. OCLC 12521072.


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