Plains railway station served the village of

Plains, North Lanarkshire Plains is a village outside the town of Airdrie, in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, about east of Glasgow city centre and west of Edinburgh. The nearest major towns are Airdrie () and Coatbridge (). The village is west of Caldercruix and the ...

, Scotland from 1882 to 1951 on the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway.

History

The station opened in May 1882 by the

North British Railway The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with English railways at Berwick. The line opened in 1846, and from the outset the company followe ...

. To the west was Brownieside Colliery and to the east of the level crossing was the signal box. The station closed on 18 June 1951.

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Disused railway stations in North Lanarkshire Former North British Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1882 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951 1882 establishments in Scotland 1951 disestablishments in Scotland {{NorthLanarkshire-railstation-stub