Leadhills Station
Railway Station (20th Century)
Site Name Leadhills Station
Classification Railway Station (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Leadhills And Wanlockhead Light Railway; Wanlockhead And Leadhills Light Railway
Canmore ID 298886
Site Number NS81SE 111
NGR NS 88619 14460
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/298886
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Crawford
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS81SE 111 88619 14460
Leadhills Station [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, May 2009.
This intermediate station on the Wanlockhead and Leadhills Light Railway was opened by that company on 1 October 1901. It passed to the Caledonian Railway on amalgamation, when the WLLR became that company's branch from Abington on the West Coast Main Line. It passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at grouping (1923), and was closed to regular passenger traffic by that company on 2 January 1939.
Thomas cites the dates of opening as:
1 October 1901 Elvanfoot - Leadhills
19 September 1902 Leadhills - Wanlockhead (goods)
12 October 1902 Leadhills - Wanlockhead (passenger).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 May 2009.
J Thomas 1971; R V J Butt 1995.
