Flemington
Location type
StationName and dates
Flemington (1891-1965)Opened on the Wishaw and Coltness Railway.
Description
This two platform was to the east of Motherwell in an area of rapid industrialisation.
The station was to the north of Windmillhill Street. The main station building was on the westbound platform with a waiting room on the eastbound platform. The signal box, opened with the station, was at the west end of the westbound platform.
There were sidings to the north and the Lanarkshire Steel Works, the square wooden cooling towers of which were later erected just to the north.
Flemington Goods yard was provided later to the south on a branch from Shields Colliery Junction.
The station later had two footbridges due to passenger numbers and canopies were later added to the buildings.
It closed to passengers in 1965 and the signal box was replaced by the Motherwell Signalling Centre in 1972.
The line remains open and is electrified. The site of the station is the east end of a goods loop on the north side of the line.
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Station04/09/2022
| Nearby stations Shieldmuir Motherwell Junction Airbles Motherwell [1st] Motherwell Bridge Motherwell Ferniegair [2nd] Ferniegair [1st] Chatelherault Ferniegair [3rd] Carfin Wishaw Wishaw South Holytown Merryton | Lanarkshire Steel Works Caledonian works (Rivets, Bolts and Nuts) Flemington Goods Glasgow Rolling Stock and Plant Works Dellburn Works Flemington Saw Mill Shields Colliery Junction Etna Iron and Steel Works Ravenscraig No 1 Yard Lanarkshire Steel Works Signal Box Shields Colliery Blitz Scrap Yard Tourist/other Colville^s Sidings Signal Box Dalzell Works Signal Box Ravenscraig No 1 Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 02/03/1891 | Wishaw and Coltness Railway Flemington station opened. |
| / /1900 | Motherwell New Lines (Caledonian Railway) Authorisation to expand the goods and minerals bridge at Flemington near Shields Colliery Junction. |
| / /1905 | Motherwell New Lines (Caledonian Railway) Extension of time to authorisation to expand the goods and minerals bridge at Flemington near Shields Colliery Junction. |
