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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 840208
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/840208
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.
