Abington railway station

Abington
Location
Place	Abington
Area	South Lanarkshire
Coordinates	55°29′31″N 3°41′08″W / 55.492°N 3.6856°W / 55.492; -3.6856Coordinates: 55°29′31″N 3°41′08″W / 55.492°N 3.6856°W / 55.492; -3.6856
Operations
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
15 February 1848	Station opens[1]
4 January 1965	Station closes[1]
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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

Opened by the Caledonian Railway^[1] it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

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

The site today

Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line but there is no station at the site now. The station site is now the location of passing loops to enable slower trains to be recessed to allow faster trains to pass.

References

Notes

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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. 
• 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. 
• RAILSCOT on Caledonian Railway
• Abington railway station on navigable O.S. map