Date: 17/09/2021

The Gazette recently carried a report about cuts to rail services in Clydesdale, a pity considering trains reduce car travel and so help to combat climate change.

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Symington Station was a cut above

Carluke Gazette

The Gazette recently carried a report about cuts to rail services in Clydesdale, a pity considering trains reduce car travel and so help to combat climate change.

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Beattock based BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 no 76098 standing in the platform loop at Symington with an up ballast train on 25 March 1966.
Location: Symington [2nd]
Company: Caledonian Railway
25/03/1966 John Robin

Platform view south along the WCML at Symington in April 1959. The former Caledonian route to Peebles ran east from here, although by this time it had been cut back to Broughton. Goods traffic for the latter can be seen on the up side of the main line. Symington station lost its pasenger service in 1965 with the line to Broughton closing a year later.
Location: Symington [2nd]
Company: Caledonian Railway
04/04/1959 A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

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