General view showing awning
SC 733211
Description General view showing awning
Date 21/5/1970
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 733211
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Carstairs (Junction) Station, South Lanarkshire When the Caledonian Railway was constructed in the 1840s, Carstairs was chosen as the point where the lines to Glasgow & Edinburgh diverged from the common route north from Carlisle. A large junction station was provided, with a timber-framed overall roof. This was replaced in 1913-14 by a new building. This shows the main south-bound platform from a south-bound train. As passengers often had to wait here for connections a full range of facilities was provided, with steel-framed awnings to protect passengers disembarking from a full-length main-line train. After the electrification of the West Coast main line in the 1980s had been extended to Edinburgh Carstairs Junction lost its position as a place for passengers to change trains. After a period of neglect the 1913-14 buildings were demolished, and a much smaller building substituted. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/70/18/20
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