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Multi-sector land and property developer Hargreaves Land has announced the sale of Ravenstruther Rail Terminal, a former coal loading terminal on the West Coast Main Line (WCML), between Carstairs and Motherwell in Scotland. The horseshoe-shaped terminal, adjacent to the town of Lanark in South Lanarkshire, has been sold to the aggregates supplier, Cloburn Quarry Company.
(Permalink) Cloburn Quarry Company Ravenstruther  Ravenstruther: Scene at Ravenstruther on a cold and overcast April morning in 2012. The Scottish Coal disposal point handled coal brought in by road, primarily from opencast operations in South Lanarkshire. Freightl ...  Ravenstruther: Ravenstruther coal terminal under construction in 1989. The view looks towards Glasgow.  Ravenstruther: Ravenstruther coal terminal, now redundant and demolished, although trackwork remains. |
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A high-speed train 'stabling' facility - creating up to 100 jobs is set to be constructed, but hopes it'll be in South Lanarkshire could hit the buffers.
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Hargreaves Land has secured Cloburn Quarry Company as a new tenant at Ravenstruther Rail Terminal, near Lanark, South Lanarkshire. Cloburn is one of the leading decorative aggregate suppliers in Europe and extracts a range of premium red granite aggregate products as well as industry leading rail and concrete aggregate products from its quarry close to the site. Cloburn intends to commence exports via rail from this well-established freight location to service its existing customers throughout the UK and Europe.
(Permalink) Cloburn Quarry Company Ravenstruther  Ravenstruther: A northbound freight passing Ravenstruther in December 2005 behind EWS 66081. The locomotive has just passed the tail end of a train about to run through the coal loading terminal with 66212 at the ot ... |
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A man and a woman from the Coal Action Scotland group have been arrested at the Railhead Coal Depot at Ravenstruther in South Lanarkshire.
(Permalink) Ravenstruther  Carstairs: Freightliner 66953 heads wrong line through Carstairs with a Ravenstruther - Drax coal train on 21 September.  Ravenstruther: Grazing cows ignore EWS 66212 as it approaches the coal loading terminal at Ravenstruther with a train of empties in December 2005. |
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A two storey visitor centre is part of a revolutionary new housing development, based on the design of a Roman fort, which is being lined up to replace the Ravenstruther coal loading terminal.
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Controversial plans for three new opencast mines could be given the go-ahead by South Lanarkshire Council.
[Comment] This may ensure the future of the Ravenstruther coal loading facility but will wipe out the remains of old railways in the Poneil area. A large part of the old Spireslack Branch has been opencast already and the trackbed to the north of Douglas used as a roadway. (Permalink) Ravenstruther Ravenstruther: Scene at Ravenstruther on a cold and overcast April morning in 2012. The Scottish Coal disposal point handled coal brought in by road, primarily from opencast operations in South Lanarkshire. Freightl ...  Ravenstruther: The Glasgow portion of the Lowland Sleeper passing Ravenstruther early on 11 July 2006. EWS 90022 brought the train north from Euston and has recently dropped the rear 8 coaches at Carstairs. See imag ...  Ravenstruther: A misty morning at Ravenstruther coal loading terminal in March 2004, looking south east across the WCML. |
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