Merryton

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Merryton (2005-)

Station code: MEY National Rail ScotRail
Where: South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Opened on the Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway).
Open on the Glasgow to Larkhall.

Description

This is a single platform station on a single track line. The platform is on the east side of the line.

It is a minimal station with a footbridge over the line.

Before the line closed there was no station here. The line originally opened in 1905 and closed in 1968. This is a new station opened when the line reopened in 2005.

The next station south is Larkhall Central and north Chatelherault.

Tags

Station




Chronology Dates

12/12/2005Lesmahagow Railway
Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Line opened from Haughhead Junction via Chatelherault and Merryton to terminate at Larkhall. Total cost was £35M.

News items

10/04/2005Larkhall latest
01/04/2005Track laid in Hamilton Road Swing Park, Larkhall
13/03/2005Track reaches Merryton on Larkhall Branch
01/07/2004Progress at Merryton and Ferniegair: Larkhall Re-opening
28/03/2003Transport Minister visits Larkhall station site