Crawford (South Lanarkshire) railway station

Crawford
Location
Place	Crawford
Area	South Lanarkshire
Coordinates	55°28′15″N 3°39′09″W / 55.4707°N 3.6524°W / 55.4707; -3.6524Coordinates: 55°28′15″N 3°39′09″W / 55.4707°N 3.6524°W / 55.4707; -3.6524
Operations
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 November 1891	Station opens[1]
4 January 1965	Station close[1]
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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 the what is now known as the West Coast Main Line.

History

Opened by the Caledonian Railway,^[1] it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. It was closed by British Railways.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Elvanfoot Line open; Station closed		Caledonian Railway  Main Line		Abington Line open; Station closed

The site today

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

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Butt (1995), page 70

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• RAILSCOT on Caledonian Railway
• Crawford station on navigable OS map