Carnwath railway station
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Carnwath railway station was located just west of the village of Carnwath
, on the Caledonian Railway
line between Carstairs railway station
and Edinburgh
.
It was closed by the Beeching Axe
.
To the north were Auchengray railway station
, Cobbinshaw railway station
, and Harburn railway station
, all also closed.
Carnwath
Carnwath is a moorland village on the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies about south of both Edinburgh and Glasgow...
, on the Caledonian Railway
Caledonian Railway
The Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century and it was absorbed almost a century later into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, in the 1923 railway grouping, by means of the Railways Act 1921...
line between Carstairs railway station
Carstairs railway station
Carstairs railway station in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, is a major junction station on the West Coast Main Line , situated close to the point at which the lines from London Euston to Glasgow Central and Edinburgh diverge...
and Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
.
It was closed by the Beeching Axe
Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
.
To the north were Auchengray railway station
Auchengray railway station
Auchengray railway station was just outside Auchengray, a hamlet in the Parish of Carnwath, County of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was served by local trains on the what is now known as the West Coast Main Line....
, Cobbinshaw railway station
Cobbinshaw railway station
Cobbinshaw railway station was on the Caledonian Railway Edinburgh to Carstairs line sited near a village called Woolfords in South Lanarkshire. The branch line to Tarbrax railway station joined here....
, and Harburn railway station
Harburn railway station
Harburn railway station was situated on the Caledonian Railway line between Carstairs railway station and Edinburgh.It was closed by the Beeching Axe. To the south were Cobbinshaw railway station and Auchengray railway station....
, all also closed.