Lanark Railway Station (Lanark)

United Kingdom / Scotland / Lanark / B7017 Bannatyne Street
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Lanark station opened in 1855, as the terminus of a short branch line off the Caledonian Railway's West Coast Main Line. The branch had a triangular junction with the main line to allow trains from Lanark to head west towards Carluke or east to Carstairs. The eastern curve closed in the 1960s.
In 1864 a line south from Lanark to Douglas was opened, and in 1874 it was extended to Muirkirk in Ayrshire, where it formed an end-on junction with the Glasgow and South Western Railway. That line closed in 1964.
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In 1979, the Lanark branch was included in the Argyle Line electrification project.
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Coordinates:   55°40'24"N   3°46'19"W
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