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Blantyre Station 1900

Blantyre Station 1900

In 1849 the Caledonian Railway opened its Rutherglen - Hamilton route which included a stop at Blantyre. Although originally intended as a goods line for Lanarkshire's coal and iron output, passengers soon became an important source of revenue, and Low Blantyre Station was rebuilt in the picturesque form seen here around the turn of the century.

Steam Train coming from Glasgow via Newton.

In 1974 the route was electrified and the appealing brick and timber station buildings removed and replaced by modern British Rail fittings. More recently, the station has been the subject of a revamping project involving landscaping and the installation of works of art. Nowadays, on a site at the far right hand side of this picture, two silver men clutching a pole between them can be seen heading in a determined fashion for a nearby flower-bed.

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