Hamilton and Strathaven Railway

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Hamilton and Strathaven Railway
Locale Scotland
Dates of operation 6 August 186025 July 1864
Successor line Caledonian Railway
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Length 10.25 miles
LUECKE
   Hamilton Branch
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   Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
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   East Kilbride Line
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High Blantyre
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Burnbank (GBH&CR)
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   Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
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Hamilton West
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   Hamilton Branch
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Meikle Earnock
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Quarter
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Glassford
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Strathaven (Old)
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Strathaven North
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   Mid Lanark Lines
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Strathaven Central
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   Darvel and Strathaven Railway

The Hamilton and Strathaven Railway was an 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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[edit] History

The railway was planed 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]

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Awdry (1990), P 79.
  2. ^ Thomas (1981), Chapter 6.
  3. ^ a b Thomas (1971), Chronology.

[edit] Sources

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
  • Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.