Crawford railway station (Scotland)

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 what is now known as the West Coast Main Line.

Crawford
Site of the station in 1991
General information
Location	Crawford, South Lanarkshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.4707°N 3.6524°W / 55.4707; -3.6524
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 November 1891	Station opens[1]
4 January 1965	Station close[1]

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

Accidents and incidents

• On 2 April 1909, a passenger train became divided and was derailed due to the failure of the crank axle on the locomotive hauling it. A few passengers suffered minor injuries.^[2]

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. Butt (1995), p.70
2. Earnshaw (1990) p.10

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Earnshaw, Alan (1990). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 6. Penryn: Atlantic Books. ISBN 0-906899-37-0.
• 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Crawford station on navigable OS map