Elvanfoot railway station

Elvanfoot railway station was a station which served Elvanfoot, in the Scottish county of South Lanarkshire. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line.

Elvanfoot
Site of the station in 1991
General information
Location	Elvanfoot, South Lanarkshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.4371°N 3.6536°W / 55.4371; -3.6536
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
15 February 1848	Opened[1]
4 January 1965	Closed[1]

History

Elvanfoot railway station before the 1916 signalbox was built

Opened by the Caledonian Railway,^[1] it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. A 6-sided signalbox was built in 1916.^[2]

Between 1901 and 1938, Elvanfoot was the junction for the branch to Wanlockhead.^[3]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Beattock Summit Line open; Station closed		Caledonian Railway Main Line		Crawford Line open; Station closed
Leadhills Line and Station closed		Caledonian Railway Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch		Terminus

Current operations

Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line. Also at this location is a feeder station from the National Grid. Very few remnants of the station are still visible on the site.

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 91
2. "Elvanfoot". www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
3. Jowett (1989), page 29

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.
• 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.
• Nock, Oswald (1974). Electric Euston to Glasgow (1st ed.). London: Ian Allan Limited. ISBN 0-7110-0530-3. OCLC 2283378.
• Elvanfoot railway station on navigable OS map

External links

• Photo of signalbox and platforms