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Drumclog railway station

Drumclog (NS 63889 38645) was a railway station on the Darvel and Strathaven Railway serving a rural area that included the village of Drumclog in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Drumclog railway station
Drumclog's old railway station site
General information
LocationDrumclog, South Lanarkshire
Scotland
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCaledonian Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 May 1905Opened
January 1917closed
December 1922reopened
11 September 1939Officially closed to passengers and goods

History

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Overbridge remnant near the old Drumclog station site.

On 4 July 1905 the line opened, thereby connecting the Darvel Branch that ran from Kilmarnock, resulting in the line becoming a through route to Strathaven which was a line jointly run between the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) and the Caledonian Railway (CR). The CR owned the Loudounhill to Strathaven section and the G&SWR owned the section from Loudounhill to Darvel and beyond[1]

Despite being in theory a through route, no trains ran between Kilmarnock and Strathaven;[2] instead, the two companies took it in turns to run the line between Darvel and Strathaven every six months.[2] Stations were also located at Ryeland and Loudounhill. The line was never successful and closed in 1939 and the track lifted in 1951.[1]

The station had a signal box on the platform and a wooden waiting room and ticket office. The station had an island platform and a footbridge gave passengers access. Several sidings with a goods yard and loading dock were present.[3]

In 1938 the station was used to stable the royal train when King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were on a visit to an event in Glasgow.[4]

The Drumclog Memorial Kirk used the station to transport Sunday School children on annual outings except for during WWI when the line station was closed.[4]

The nominal junction between the Caledonian Railway and the Glasgow and South Western Railway was at the county boundary at Loudounhill Station. The closed line was used to store hundreds of damaged railway waggons that were awaiting repair.[5]

The line had been intended as a through route between Lanarkshire and Ayrshire, however there was very little traffic along the route as the population in the area was very low. The station was closed from September until November 1909 and then again from January 1917 until December 1922. As stated, the last train ran on 10 September 1939, however the official closing date was two weeks later.[6]

The buildings were sold off to private buyers and are still standing today as cottages. A photograph can be found at this site.[7]

Darvel and Strathaven Railway
Legend
 
  Darvel Branch
 
 Loudounhill
 
County Boundary Junction
 
 Drumclog
 
 Ryeland
 
 Strathaven Central
 
 
  Mid Lanarks Lines
 
  Hamilton and Strathaven Railway

Other stations

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References

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Notes
  1. ^ a b Wham, page 47
  2. ^ a b Stansfield, page 20
  3. ^ 25in OS Map Retrieved : 2012-09-12
  4. ^ a b Drumclog Memorial Kirk Centenary DVD. John Hastie Museum
  5. ^ Sellar
  6. ^ Stansfield, Page 32
  7. ^ Canmore : Drumclog railway station
Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
  • 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.
  • Sellar, W.S. & Stevenston, J. L. (1981). The Last Trains. (3) South-West Scotland. Edinburgh : Moorfoot Publishing. ISBN 0-906606-03-9.
  • Stansfield, Gordon (1997). Lanarkshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree : Stenlake. ISBN 978-1-872074-96-2.
  • Stansfield, Gordon (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree : Stenlake. ISBN 1-84033-077-5.
  • Thomas, John (1971). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. V.6, Scotland. David & Charles : Newton Abbot. ISBN 0-7153-5408-6.

Previous and next stations

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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Ryeland   Glasgow and South Western Railway / Caledonian Railway
Darvel and Strathaven Railway 		  Loudounhill
 
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