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This through station opened in 1868, replacing the Ferniegair [1st] terminus station, which was located a little to the south. Its opening coincided with the replacement of Camps Viaduct and the approval to run passenger trains between Lesmahagow Junction and the replaced Ferniegair [1st] station.

With the opening of this section to passengers, passenger trains now operated from Buchanan Street to Lesmahagow [1st].

The station was closed in 1876 with the extension of the Hamilton branch (Hamilton to Ferniegair (Caledonian Railway) now the Hamilton Circle). This was due to the station only serving the Motherwell approach, not the Hamilton approach.

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