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High Blantyre Station 1910

High Blantyre Station 1910

The Hamilton and Strathavon Railway opened High Blantyre Station in 1863, although it was taken over by the Caledonian Railway the following year. They ran a service for various industries in the area including Quarter Ironworks, Dixon's Pits and the Blantyre Colliery. In 1885 a connection from High Blantyre to East Kilbride was opened for both freight and passengers.

The Strathavon passenger service via High Blantyre ended in 1945, and the freight services ceased eight years later. New houses at Craigmuir Road and Gardens now occupy the approximate site of the station, which stood off Main Street past the Cross. This picture dates from c. 1910

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