Drumclog
Location type
StationName and dates
Drumclog (1905-1939)Opened on the Darvel and Strathaven Railway.
Description
This was an island platform station opened in an area of farmland. Access to the platform was by a ramp bridge at the north east end of the station. The station building was typical of the line and had canopies on all sides. There was a signal box, opened in 1904, north of the station building on the island platform.
There was a goods yard on the north west side of the line, approached by a reversing spur south of the station.
The signal box was closed early on in 1909. The station remained open to passengers until 1939. The route west to Darvel closed completely. Drumclog remained open for goods until 1951.
The station site is largely cleared, platform mounds remain. Part of the approach ramp remains. Drumclog remains a rural location.
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StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
10/05/2020
| Nearby stations Ryeland Loudounhill Darvel Strathaven Central Strathaven [Flemington] Strathaven North Newmilns Glassford Muirkirk [2nd] Muirkirk [1st] Galston Stonehouse [Lanarkshire] Quarter Glenbuck Quarter Junction | County Boundary Junction Ryeland Goods Loudoun Hill Loudounhill Viaduct Glen Water Viaduct End of Darvel Branch Darvel Goods [East] Powmillon Viaduct [South] Powmillon Viaduct [North] Strathaven Viaduct [North] Strathaven Shed Newmilns Viaduct Whiteshawgate Junction End of Galston Branch Tourist/other Strathaven Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Drumclog, host to the Royal TrainDrumclog station was host to the Royal Train, King George VI and Queen Mary and their way to open the 1938 Empire Exhibition at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow. |
Chronology Dates
| / /1899 | Strathaven and Darvel Railway Glengavel Railway, from Drumclog station to Glengavel Reservoir, authorised for Lanarkshire Middle Ward District Water. |
| 01/05/1905 | Strathaven and Darvel Railway Darvel to Strathaven Central opened (joint operation of the Glasgow and South Western Railway and Caledonian Railway). Opened to passengers. Drumclog, Loudonhill and Ryeland opened. |
