Lennoxtown [2nd]
Location type
StationNames and dates
Lennoxtown (Blane Valley) (1867-1881)Lennoxtown [2nd] (1881-1951)
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Blane Valley Railway.Description
This was a single platform station on the north (town) side of the line with a typical North British Railway station building.
Land was taken for a loop and second platform, but although the loop was laid the platform was not laid in. The loop was later lifted (before 1949). The road bridge just to the west was built to accommodate two tracks. Goods facilities were at the former terminus Lennoxtown (Old), just to the north.
Some trains from Glasgow Queen Street High Level terminated here, but others continued to Blanefield and Aberfoyle.
Just to the east the Blane Valley Railway, on which this station stood, met the Campsie Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) at Blane Valley Junction.
The station closed to passengers in 1951 and was still in a good state in 1958. The line west closed completely in 1964.
The road bridge remains but the site of the station has been landscaped. The trackbed is now a footpath.
Tags
Station footpathExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Lennoxtown Old Campsie Glen Milton of Campsie Torrance Kirkintilloch [2nd] Balmore Kirkintilloch Basin Back O Loch Halt Bardowie Strathblane Lenzie Kirkintilloch [1st] Woodley Twechar Summerston [1st] | Lennoxmill Print Works Lennoxtown Shed Blane Valley Junction Culloch Slap Lime Works Campsie Alum works Underwood Chemical Works Tarfin Min [Alum, Coal, Limestone] Boydsburn Coal Mine Lennox Castle Siding Glorat Lime Works Lillyburn Print Works Balquharrage Sand Siding Tourist/other Lennox Castle Hospital Woodhead House Lennox Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Forgotten Railways: Scotland |
