Auchenheath
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StationName and dates
Auchenheath (1866-1951)Opened on the Lesmahagow Railway.
Description
This station did not open with the line, which opened in 1856. The site was just under a mile south of the Nethan Viaduct and close to Auchenheath House. The line was perched above the house.
The station had a single platform, on the east side of the line, located just north of a level crossing with Lanark Road. The station house was located by the level crossing at the south end of the platform. Auchenheath Goods was south of the level crossing. The signal box (south side of LC, west of line) contained a ground frame, tablet instruments were in the station. It ceased to be a block post in 1939, the box retained purely as a ground frame.
The station house survives, in use as a house. The passenger station is now a commercial garage.
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StationExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
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| Nearby stations Blackwood [2nd] Blackwood [1st] Tillietudlem Lesmahagow [2nd] Netherburn Brocketsbrae Alton Heights Stonehouse [Lanarkshire] Braidwood Carluke Dalserf Lanark Auchlochan Halt Bellfield Platform Larkhall | Auchenheath Goods Auchenheath Tile Works Auchenheath Colliery Auchenheath Colliery Netherton Lime Works No 3 Pit Auchenheath Tile Works Auchenheath Colliery Birkwood Viaduct Coal Pit Blackwood Junction Nethan Viaduct Auchenheath New Pit Littlegill Colliery Tourist/other Auchenheath House Little Gill Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1847 | Clydesdale Junction Railway Branch to Auchenheath and Canderside authorised, not built in this form. |
| / /1854 | Clydesdale Junction Railway Proposed branch to Auchenheath abandoned (when the Lesmahagow Railway is authorised). |
