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Crawford (South Lanarkshire) railway station

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Place
  
Crawford

Pre-grouping
  
Caledonian Railway

4 January 1965
  
Station close

Platforms in use
  
2

Area
  
South Lanarkshire

1 November 1891
  
Station opens

Original company
  
Caledonian Railway

Crawford (South Lanarkshire) railway station httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Post-grouping
  
London Midland and Scottish Railway

Similar
  
Elvanfoot railway station, Dinwoodie railway station, Kirtlebridge railway station, Moffat railway station, Carlisle railway station

Crawford railway station was a station which served the village of Crawford, near Abington, in the Scottish county of South Lanarkshire. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line.

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History

Opened by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. It was closed by British Railways.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 2 April 1909, a passenger train became divided and was derailed due to the failure of the crank axle on the locomotive hauling it. A few passengers suffered minor injuries.

    • The site today

    Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line but there is no station at the site now.

    References

    Crawford (South Lanarkshire) railway station Wikipedia
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