The Coalburn Branch was a

branch line A branch line is a phrase used in railway terminology to denote a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line. Industrial spur An industr ...

constructed by the

Caledonian Railway The Caledonian Railway (CR) was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century with the objective of forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively extended its network and reached Edinburgh an ...

from Lesmahagow railway station to Bankend railway station. 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 Tillietudlem is a fictional castle in Walter Scott's 1816 novel ''Old Mortality'', and a modern settlement in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Interest in Scott's novel attracted visitors to its supposed inspiration, Craignethan Castle, and a railw ...

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

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. * 15 May 1989,

Airbles railway station Airbles railway station serves the Airbles area of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire in Scotland. It is located around away from Fir Park stadium, home of Motherwell F.C. History The station was a new construction in 1989 by British Rail, on the ...

opens. * December 2005,

Chatelherault railway station Chatelherault railway station serves the villages of Ferniegair and Allanton on the outskirts of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is named Chatelherault after the nearby Chatelherault Country Park. History The station was opened as ...

reopens.

Gallery

File:Track of old railway - geograph.org.uk - 261023.jpg, Tracks of old railway, Coalburn File:Blackwood (Lanark) Station site of 1822843 bae19047.jpg, Site of Blackwood railway station File:Brocketsbrae rail station 1915400 1ad8d67f.jpg, Site of Brocketsbrae railway station File:Remains of Tillietudlem railway station - geograph.org.uk - 392589.jpg, Remains of Tillietudlem railway station File:Motherwell railway station geograph-2171184-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg,

File:Chatelherault train station.jpg,

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