Lanark railway station
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Lanark railway station, managed by ScotRail, is the southern terminus of the Argyle Line on Bannatyne Street, Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is staffed part-time.[2]
History
Lanark station opened in 1855, as the terminus of a short branch line off the Caledonian Railway's West Coast Main Line. The branch had a triangular junction with the main line to allow trains from Lanark to head west towards Carluke or east to Carstairs. The eastern curve closed in the 1960s.
There was another triangular junction closer to Lanark station itself, and this is just north of the golf course and the embankments are still clearly visible. (summer 2017)
These were the two curves leading from the Lanark branch towards Muirkirk and Ayrshire and Lanark racecourse halt of course. [3]
In 1864, a line south from Lanark to Douglas was opened, and in 1874 it was extended to Muirkirk in Ayrshire, where it formed an end-on junction with the Glasgow and South Western Railway, though that line closed in 1964.
In 1974, the Lanark branch was included in the West Coast Main Line "Electric Scots" electrification project by British Rail.
Services
There is a peak approximately half-hourly, and an off-peak hourly, ScotRail to Glasgow Central High Level via Shieldmuir, Motherwell and Bellshill,[4] taking a little less than an hour.
Services on this route formerly ran via Holytown, and all trains continued via the Argyle Line to the north west suburbs of the city,[5] but since the electrification of the Whifflet Line these now run to and from High Level instead, and run fast beyond Cambuslang.
There are no southbound or eastbound services, as the branch only has a northbound chord connecting it to the West Coast Main Line (WCML) at Lanark Junction.
There have been calls for the southbound chord to be reconnected to allow direct services from Lanark to Edinburgh,[6] but the route was subsequently re-used for housing.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
| Preceding station | National Rail National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Terminus | style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | ScotRail Argyle Line |
style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Carluke |
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| Carstairs | Caledonian Railway Main Line |
Cleghorn | ||
| Terminus | Caledonian Railway Branch to Douglas & G&SWR |
Sandilands | ||
References
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- ↑ viewed personally at that time J Brownlee
- ↑ ScotRail Timetables, with link to Lanarkshire Timetable Dec 2023
- ↑ GB NRT May 2014, Table 226
- ↑ Call for direct Lanark to Edinburgh rail link return Harris, Ron; Carluke Gazette article 7 April 2014
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External links
- Train times and station information for Lanark railway station from National Rail
- Video and annotation of Lanark Railway Station
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- Railway stations in South Lanarkshire
- Former Caledonian Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1855
- SPT railway stations
- Railway stations served by ScotRail
- Lanark