Place Douglas Grid reference NS820309 1 October 1896 Station opened Platforms in use 2 | Area South Lanarkshire Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway Original company Caledonian Railway | |
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Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||
Douglas West railway station served the village of Douglas, South Lanarkshire in Scotland between 1896 and 1964.
History
The railway line between Happendon (then called Douglas) and Muirkirk was built by the Lanark Railway, and it opened for goods on 1 January 1873; passenger services were introduced on 1 June 1874. The Muirkirk and Lesmahagow Junction Railway (M&LJR), which was a line 2 1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) long connecting the Lanark Railway at Poneil Junction with the Lesmahagow Railway at Alton Heights Junction, opened for goods on 2 April 1883; passenger services being introduced in 1894.
The station at Douglas West was opened on 1 October 1896 by the Caledonian Railway, which had absorbed the Lanark Railway, the Lesmahagow Railway and the M&LJR. It was situated to the south-west of Poneil Junction, where the former Lanark Railway line was met by the former M&LJR line. There were two platforms connected by a footbridge; close to the southbound platform was a signal box and behind that a goods shed.
Passenger services over the former M&LJR line were withdrawn on 11 September 1939.
The station was closed by British Railways on 5 October 1964.