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Abington railway station

Coordinates: 55°29′33″N 3°41′10″W / 55.49239°N 3.68622°W / 55.49239; -3.68622
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Abington
General information
LocationAbington, South Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°29′33″N 3°41′10″W / 55.49239°N 3.68622°W / 55.49239; -3.68622
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCaledonian Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
15 February 1848Station opens
4 January 1965Station closes

Abington railway station was a station which served Abington, in the Scottish county of South Lanarkshire. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. There is now no station convenient for Abington.

History

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The station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 15 February 1848 when it opened the line from Carlisle to Carstairs.[1][2]

The station had two through platforms connected by a footbridge, several sidings and a goods shed, the yard was equipped with a 3 ton crane and was able to accommodate live stock, horse boxes and cattle vans.[3][4] In 1850 the station saw four passenger trains in each direction (two on Sundays) providing easy routes to Carlisle, Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Princes Street.[5]

The station was host to a LMS caravan in 1935 and 1936 and possibly one in 1937.[6] The station closed on 4 January 1965 when the local passenger services were withdrawn.[1][7]

Since 6 May 1974 the line through the station site has been electrified with overhead wires at 25 kV AC.[8] The station site is now the location of passing loops to enable slower trains to be overtaken, there is an engineers yard on the west side of the line.[9]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Crawford
Line open; Station closed
  Caledonian Railway
Main Line
  Lamington
Line open; Station closed

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 13.
  2. ^ Thomas & Paterson 1984, p. 73.
  3. ^ "Abington station on OS 25inch map Lanarkshire XLIII.13 (Crawford; Crawfordjohn; Lamington and Wandel)". National Library of Scotland. 1910. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. ^ RCH (1904) 1970, p. 13.
  5. ^ Bradshaw 2012, pp. 96 & 97.
  6. ^ McRae 1997, p. 22.
  7. ^ Hurst 1992, p. 33 (ref 1579).
  8. ^ British Railways Board 1974, p. 25.
  9. ^ Yonge 2001, p. 10b.

Sources

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Further reading

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  • 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.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
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