Leadhills railway station

Leadhills
General information
LocationSouth Lanarkshire
Scotland
Grid referenceNS 88619 14460
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1901Station opens[1]
31 December 1938[2]Last passenger train
2 January 1939Line officially closed to passengers and goods[1][3]

Leadhills railway station was opened on 1 October 1901[1] as the intermediate stop on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Light Railway and served the lead mining area, farms and the village of Leadhills circa 5.5 miles (8.9 km) WSW of Elvanfoot railway station in South Lanarkshire until 2 January 1939 for passengers and freight.[1] Until Wanlockhead station opened Leadhills was the highest standard gauge adhesion station in the United Kingdom.[4]

Leadhills and
Wanlockhead Branch
Legend
Up arrow Caledonian Railway Main Line
 Elvanfoot
Right arrow Caledonian Railway Main Line
 Leadhills
Wanlockhead
  1. ^ a b c d Butt 1995, p. 140.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference FF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Wignal (1983), Page 36
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