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Haywood railway station was the only intermediate station on the three and three quarter mile long Wilsontown Branch that ran from a bay platform at
The station opened as the intermediate stop in 1870 and was then closed to passengers in 1951 however freight traffic continued until closure in 1964.
The nearby
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Auchengray railway station
Auchengray railway station was just outside Auchengray, a hamlet in the Parish of Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line.
It is near Tarbrax and Woolfords. The Wil ...
and served the mining village of Haywood and also Wilsontown
The ruins of the Wilsontown Ironworks are located near the village of Forth in Lanarkshire in Scotland, approximately to the south east of Glasgow. The works were founded by the three Wilson brothers in 1779, and operated until 1842. The works ...
at the passenger line terminus in Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark ( gd, Siorrachd Lannraig; sco, Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the central Lowlands of Scotland.
Lanarkshire is the most populous county in Scotlan ...
. Several collieries were also served via mineral lines.
History
The station opened as the intermediate stop in 1870 and was then closed to passengers in 1951 however freight traffic continued until closure in 1964.
The nearby Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway
The Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway was a railway opened in 1845, primarily for mineral traffic, although a passenger service was run sporadically. The line ran from a junction with the Wishaw and Coltness Railway at Chapel, to Longri ...
may have suggested a physical connection with Wilsontown
The ruins of the Wilsontown Ironworks are located near the village of Forth in Lanarkshire in Scotland, approximately to the south east of Glasgow. The works were founded by the three Wilson brothers in 1779, and operated until 1842. The works ...
but it never reached this destination.
The Wilsontown
The ruins of the Wilsontown Ironworks are located near the village of Forth in Lanarkshire in Scotland, approximately to the south east of Glasgow. The works were founded by the three Wilson brothers in 1779, and operated until 1842. The works ...
terminus was established as the site of the famous Wilsontown Ironworks however these closed in 1842 and the 1870 the Wilsontown Branch line was built across part of the iron works site on a high embankment.
Haywood stood only 2 miles from Auchengray
Auchengray is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Overview
It has a small church whose architect was Frederick Thomas Pilkington (1832–98), the ground given by George Robertson Chaplin (proprietor) of Colliston House, Arbroath, ...
and the journey took four minutes, the same time being allowed for the 1.75 miles to Wilsontown
The ruins of the Wilsontown Ironworks are located near the village of Forth in Lanarkshire in Scotland, approximately to the south east of Glasgow. The works were founded by the three Wilson brothers in 1779, and operated until 1842. The works ...
.
Services
In May 1948 the passenger services consisted of a total of around seven return trains a day on weekdays and altered timings on Saturdays for many services such as 11.29pm departure. No trains ran on a Sunday. One train did not run on school holidays. Connections to Carnwath, Carstairs, Edinburgh and Glasgow.Station infrastructure
The station had two platforms with a double track line running eastward to the triangular junction with the old Caledonian Railway main line with several collieries en route. The pedestrian footbridge lay at the west end of the station and the line was single track toWilsontown
The ruins of the Wilsontown Ironworks are located near the village of Forth in Lanarkshire in Scotland, approximately to the south east of Glasgow. The works were founded by the three Wilson brothers in 1779, and operated until 1842. The works ...
. The ticket office and waiting room was brick built with a canopy, on the north side of the line. A single siding to the south was provided for public use. In 1946 a ground frame was installed as a replacement for the signal box. At this time the west bound line was lifted, the pedestrian overbridge removed and at the triangular junction with the main line only the west to south curve was retained. The west bound platform had a small wooden shelter. The Haywood Colliery Pit No.8 was served by the line. In 1958 the old ticket office was still present and a level crossing was located at the west end of the old station. By this time the nearby collieries had ceased production./ref>
Remains of the station
The track was lifted throughout and the bridge towards Climpy removed. The station site was removed when an opencast coal mine was opened at the site.See also
* Wilsontown IronworksReferences
;Notes ;Sources * *Cobb, M.H. (2003). ''The Railways of Great Britain -- A Historical Atlas''. Shepperton : Ian Allan Publishing Limited. . *Thomas, John (1984) revised J S Paterson, ''A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 6, Scotland, the Lowlands and the Borders'', Newton Abbott : David and Charles. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilsontown railway station Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1870 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951 Disused railway stations in South Lanarkshire Transport in South Lanarkshire