Alton Heights
Location type
StationName and dates
Alton Heights (1893-1952)Opened on the Lesmahagow Railway.
Description
This unadvertised halt was located at Alton Heights Junction.
Tags
Station| Nearby stations Brocketsbrae Auchlochan Halt Lesmahagow [2nd] Bellfield Platform Coalburn Happendon Ponfeigh Bankend Auchenheath Sandilands [Lanarkshire] Blackwood [2nd] Blackwood [1st] Douglas West Lanark Tillietudlem | Auldtonheights Pit Auldtonheights Sawmill Alton Heights Junction Alton Heights Junction Sidings Auldton Lime Works Auldton Pit Mines Brocketsbrae Shed Auchlochan Nos 9 and 10 Collieries Lintfield Bank Siding Auchlochan No 2 Colliery Lesmahagow Viaduct Bellfield Colliery Pit No 3 Tourist/other Auchren Level Crossing Auchlochan House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1896 | Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway) Construction of line from Alton Heights (Lesmahagow Railway) to Blackwood Junction (Lesmahagow Railway) begins. |
| 01/07/1905 | Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway) Merryton Junction, (Lesmahagow Railway) to Larkhall Central and Stonehouse [Lanarkshire] (Lesmahagow Railway) opened. Stonehouse [Lanarkshire] (Lesmahagow Railway) to Blackwood Junction (Lesmahagow Railway) opened. Blackwood Junction (Lesmahagow Railway) to Alton Heights (Lesmahagow Railway) opened. Cot Castle Goods (Lesmahagow Railway) to Strathaven Central opened. Stations opened at Larkhall Central, Blackwood [2nd], Lesmahagow [2nd]. Stonehouse [Lanarkshire] rebuilt. |
| 02/05/1942 | Lesmahagow Railway Alton Heights (excluded) to Brocketsbrae (excluded) closed to passengers. |
| 21/09/1953 | Lesmahagow Railway Alton Heights (excluded) via Brocketsbrae to Southfield Junction (excluded) closed to freight. |
