Abington railway station explained

Abington
Status:Disused
Borough:Abington, South Lanarkshire
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.4924°N -3.6862°W
Platforms:2
Original:Caledonian Railway
Pregroup:Caledonian Railway
Postgroup:London Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:15 February 1848
Events:Station opens
Years1:4 January 1965
Events1:Station 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

The station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 15 February 1848 when it opened the line from to .

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.[1] In 1850 the station saw four passenger trains in each direction (two on Sundays) providing easy routes to, and .

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 The station closed on 4 January 1965 when the local passenger services were withdrawn.

Since 6 May 1974 the line through the station site has been electrified with overhead wires at . 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Abington station on OS 25inch map Lanarkshire XLIII.13 (Crawford; Crawfordjohn; Lamington and Wandel). 1910. National Library of Scotland . 11 June 2020.