The Coalburn Branch was a

branch line A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line. Branch lines may serve one or more industries, or a city or town not located ...

constructed by the

Caledonian Railway The Caledonian Railway (CR) was one of the two biggest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping. It was formed in 1845 with the objective of forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively ex ...

from Lesmahagow railway station to Bankend railway station. It was the main branch of the Lesmahagow Railway.

History

Coalburn Branch (1856-1968)

*1 December 1866,

Motherwell Motherwell (, ) is a List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Shires of Scotland, Historically in the p ...

, Ferniegair (Chatelherault), Larkhall (Larkhall East), Ayr Road (Dalserf), Stonehouse, Cots Castle, Bents (Netherburn), Blackwood,

Auchenheath Auchenheath is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the River Nethan and is located near Blackwood, Kirkmuirhill, and Lanark. Auchenheath House is a category B listed Italianate house. Originally built around 1842, it was ex ...

and Brocketsbrae railway stations open. * 1 May 1868, Bents is renamed to Netherburn. * 1 June 1869, Brocketsbrae is renamed to Lesmahagow. * 1 October 1876, Tillietudlem opens. * 2 October 1876, Ferniegair and Motherwell are re-located. * 1 November 1891, Coalburn opens. * January 1893, Alton Heights opens. * 1 July 1903, Ayr Road is renamed to Dalserf. * 1 June 1905, Lesmahagow is renamed Brocketsbrae. * 1 July 1905, Stonehouse, Cots Castle and Blackwood closes; Stonehouse opens. * 1 June 1906, Larkhall is renamed to Larkhall East. * 1 January 1917, Ferniegair and Motherwell closes. * 1926, Alton Heights closes. * July 1926, Bankend closes. * January 1941, Larkhall East, Dalserf, Netherburn, Tillietudlem, Auchenheath and Brocketsbrae close. * May 1945, Dalserf, Netherburn, Tillietudlem, Auchenheath and Brocketsbrae re-open. * July 1945, Larkhall East re-opens. * 10 September 1951, Larkhall East closes. * 1 October 1951, Dalserf, Netherburn, Tillietudlem, Auchenheath and Brocketsbrae closes. * 4 October 1965, Auchlochan, Coalburn and Stonehouse close.

Present day

* 1974, British Rail build a new

Motherwell railway station Motherwell railway station is a railway station serves the town of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on the West Coast Main Line (WCML), and is served also by Argyle Line trains of the Glasgow suburban railway network. It is t ...

. * 15 May 1989, Airbles railway station opens. * December 2005,

Chatelherault railway station Chatelherault railway station serves the villages of Ferniegair and Allanton, South Lanarkshire, Allanton on the outskirts of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is named Chatelherault after the nearby Chatelherault Country Park. History ...

reopens.

Gallery

File:Track of old railway - geograph.org.uk - 261023.jpg, Tracks of old railway, Coalburn File:Blackwood (Lanark) Station site of 1822843 bae19047.jpg, Site of Blackwood railway station File:Brocketsbrae rail station 1915400 1ad8d67f.jpg, Site of Brocketsbrae railway station File:Remains of Tillietudlem railway station - geograph.org.uk - 392589.jpg, Remains of Tillietudlem railway station File:Motherwell railway station geograph-2171184-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg,

File:Chatelherault train station.jpg,

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