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Coalburn Branch

Overview

Locale

Scotland

Dates of operation

1 December 1856–1968

Route map

Legend

					Lesmahagow Junction
					Motherwell
					Airbles
					Haughhead Junction
					Ross Junction
					Chatelherault
					Merryton Junction
					Larkhall East
					Dalserf
					Stonehouse North Junction
					Stonehouse
					Stonehouse South Junction
					Netherburn
					Tillietudlem
					Southfield Junction
					Blackwood
					Nethan Viaduct
					Auchenheath
					Brocketsbrae
					Alton Heights Junction
					Auchlochan
					Coalburn
					Bankend

The Coalburn Branch was a branch line constructed by the Caledonian Railway from Lesmahagow railway station to Bankend railway station.^[1] It was the main branch of the Lesmahagow Railway.

History

Coalburn Branch (1856-1968)

1 December 1866, Motherwell, Ferniegair (Chatelherault), Larkhall (Larkhall East), Ayr Road (Dalserf), Stonehouse, Cots Castle, Bents (Netherburn), Blackwood, Auchenheath and Brocketsbrae railway stations open.
1 May 1868, Bents is renamed to Netherburn.
1 June 1869, Brocketsbrae is renamed to Lesmahagow.
1 October 1876, Tillietudlem opens.
2 October 1876, Ferniegair and Motherwell are re-located.
1 November 1891, Coalburn opens.
January 1893, Alton Heights opens.
1 July 1903, Ayr Road is renamed to Dalserf.
1 June 1905, Lesmahagow is renamed Brocketsbrae.
1 July 1905, Stonehouse, Cots Castle and Blackwood closes; Stonehouse opens.
1 June 1906, Larkhall is renamed to Larkhall East.
1 January 1917, Ferniegair and Motherwell closes.
1926, Alton Heights closes.
July 1926, Bankend closes.
January 1941, Larkhall East, Dalserf, Netherburn, Tillietudlem, Auchenheath and Brocketsbrae close.
May 1945, Dalserf, Netherburn, Tillietudlem, Auchenheath and Brocketsbrae re-open.
July 1945, Larkhall East re-opens.
10 September 1951, Larkhall East closes.
1 October 1951, Dalserf, Netherburn, Tillietudlem, Auchenheath and Brocketsbrae closes.
4 October 1965, Auchlochan, Coalburn and Stonehouse close.

Present day

1974, British Rail build a new Motherwell railway station.
15 May 1989, Airbles railway station opens.
December 2005, Chatelherault railway station reopens.

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References

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Historical Scottish railway companies

Historical Scottish railway companies
Primary companies	Caledonian Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Great North of Scotland Railway Highland Railway North British Railway
Caledonian Railway	Aberdeen Railway Alloa Railway Alyth Arbroath and Forfar Busby Railway Cathcart District Clydesdale Junction Crieff Junction Crieff and Comrie Crieff and Methven Junction Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Dunblane, Doune and Callander Dundee and Perth Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Forfar and Brechin General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Garnkirk and Glasgow Glasgow Central Railway Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Greenock and Wemyss Bay Hamilton and Strathaven Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Leadhills and Wanlockhead Lesmahagow Railway Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Paisley and Barrhead District Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Polloc and Govan Rutherglen and Coatbridge Scottish Central Scottish Midland Junction Scottish North Eastern Solway Junction Symington, Biggar and Broughton Talla Railway Wishaw and Coltness Lines built by the Caledonian Railway Balerno line CR Cleland and Midcalder CR Main Line CR Douglas Branch CR Hamilton Branch CR Hamiltonhill Branch CR The Switchback Independent lines worked by the Caledonian Railway Callander and Oban Killin Railway
Glasgow and South Western Railway	Ardrossan Railway Ardrossan and Johnstone Ayr and Dalmellington Ayr and Maybole Junction Ayr to Mauchline Ayrshire and Wigtownshire Barrhead Branch Bridge of Weir Railway Cairn Valley Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Castle Douglas and Dumfries Dalry and North Johnstone Darvel Branch Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Greenock and Ayrshire Kilmarnock and Troon Largs Branch Maidens and Dunure Maybole and Girvan Paisley and Renfrew Paisley Canal Line
Great North of Scotland Railway	Aberdeen and Turriff Aboyne and Braemar Alford Valley Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Boddam Branch Deeside Denburn Valley Formartine and Buchan Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Keith and Dufftown Moray Coast Morayshire St Combs Light Railway Strathspey Railway
Highland Railway	Buckie and Portessie Branch Dingwall and Skye Duke of Sutherland Findhorn Railway Fortrose Branch Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Inverness and Aviemore Direct Inverness and Nairn Inverness and Perth Junction Inverness and Ross-shire Kyle of Lochalsh Extension Perth and Dunkeld Sutherland and Caithness Sutherland Railway Independent lines worked by the Highland Railway Dornoch Light Railway Wick and Lybster Light Railway
North British Railway	Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Anstruther and St Andrews Railway Ballochney Bathgate and Coatbridge Blane Valley Border Counties Railway Border Union Railway Campsie Branch Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company Charlestown Railway and Harbour Company Coatbridge Branch Devon Valley Railway Dunfermline and Queensferry East of Fife Railway Edinburgh and Bathgate Edinburgh and Dalkeith Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh and Hawick Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Esk Valley Eyemouth Railway Fife and Kinross Railway Forth and Clyde Junction Gifford and Garvald Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Glasgow City and District Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Kelvin Valley Railway Kincardine Line Kinross-shire Railway Kirkcaldy and District Railway Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton Leven Railway Leven and East of Fife Railway Macmerry Branch Monkland and Kirkintilloch Monkland Railways Montrose and Bervie Mallaig Extension Newburgh and North Fife Railway (worked by NBR) Newport Railway North Berwick Branch North British, Arbroath and Montrose Peebles Railway The St. Andrews Railway Stirling and Dunfermline Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Slamannan Slamannan and Borrowstounness Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway West Highland Railway West of Fife Mineral Railway Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness
Joint lines	Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction City Union Dundee and Arbroath Darvel and Strathaven Glasgow and Paisley Joint Glasgow and Renfrew District Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint
Other lines	Brechin and Edzell District Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway Dundee and Arbroath Hagdale Chromate Railway Invergarry and Fort Augustus Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway Lochaber Narrow Gauge Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Rothesay and Ettrick Bay Light Railway Skye Marble Railway Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway