The Hamilton and Strathaven Railway was a historic railway in

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

. It ran from a junction with the Hamilton Branch of 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 ...

to a terminus at Strathaven. The railway was worked from the start by the Caledonian Railway, who absorbed the railway company in 1864.Awdry (1990), P 79.

History

The railway was planned by

William Smith Dixon William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Eng ...

, an Ironmaster.Thomas (1981), Chapter 6. Its construction was authorised on 10 August 1857; and it was opened on 9 August 1860, from Hamilton to Quarter, for the carriage of goods.Thomas (1971), Chronology. It opened fully on 2 February 1863, between Hamilton and Strathaven, for goods and passengers.

Connections to other lines

* Hamilton Branch of the

at Haughhead Junction. *

East Kilbride Line The Busby Railway is a short railway line built on the south side of Glasgow, connecting the (at the time) small villages of Thornliebank, Giffnock, Clarkston and Busby and later Thorntonhall and East Kilbride with the city. It opened in two st ...

of the

at Hunthill Junction. * Mid Lanark Lines of the

at *

Darvel and Strathaven Railway The Darvel and Strathaven Railway linked, with the Darvel Branch to the former Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway in Scotland to allow trains to travel between Kilmarnock and Lanarkshire. History On 4 July 1905 the line opened, conne ...

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RAILSCOT on Hamilton and Strathaven Railway
Pre-grouping British railway companies Early Scottish railway companies Railway companies established in 1857 Railway lines opened in 1860 Railway companies disestablished in 1864 Caledonian Railway 1857 establishments in Scotland Transport in South Lanarkshire {{Scotland-rail-transport-stub