| / /1847 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Act passed for a line from Motherwell to Bankend (beyond Coalburn). The Caledonian fail to build the line. |
| 24/07/1851 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Line re-authorised (this time independently but backed by the Caledonian Railway); route Motherwell to Ferniegair to Coalburn to Bankend, branch to Northfield. |
| 01/12/1856 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Motherwell to Coalburn opened to minerals. |
| / /1860 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Northfield branch opened. |
| / /1861 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Nethan Viaduct showing severe wear and tear, later Ferniegair Bridge also shows wear both replaced, Ferniegair Bridge still in use as part of the Hamilton Circle line. |
| 30/07/1861 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Branch line authorised from Larkhall to Cots Castle (Stonehouse). |
| 01/09/1862 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Opened from Larkhall to Canderside to goods. |
| 01/11/1862 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
North Southfield to Southfield opened to minerals. |
| 11/05/1863 | [[Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Caledonian Railway authorised to double Motherwell to Southfield and to run passengers trains to Brocketsbrae, the Stonehouse branch and the Blackwood branch. The Caledonian Railway owns the Lesmahagow lines by this time. |
| 01/09/1864 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Canderside to Cots Castle opened to minerals. This leads to the singling of Hamilton and Strathaven Railway south of Quarter. |
| 01/11/1864 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Motherwell to Southfield Junction line doubling complete. |
| 01/12/1866 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Passenger services start; bus runs between Hamilton and Ferniegair [1st] for route to Glasgow's South Side; the main route through to Buchanan Street. Blackwood carriage dropped at Southfield Junction and taken on separately. |
| 01/12/1866 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Ferniegair to Brocketsbrae, Stonehouse branch, Blackwood branch opened to passengers. |
| 01/04/1868 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Ferniegair to Motherwell, Lesmahagow Junction opened to passengers. |
| 18/07/1872 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Hamilton Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Hamilton West to Ross Junction (Ferniegair) authorised. |
| 29/05/1876 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Hamilton West to Ross Junction opened to freight. |
| 18/09/1876 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Hamilton West to Ross Junction opened to minerals. |
| 02/10/1876 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Hamilton West to Ross Junction opened to passengers. |
| / /1877 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Brocketsbrae Shed opened to the east of Lesmahagow station. At the time this was the limit of the passenger service. |
| 02/04/1883 | Muirkirk and Lesmahagow Junction Railway
Poneil Junction (Muirkirk Branch (Caledonian Railway)) to Alton Heights Junction (Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)) opened. |
| / /1896 | Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Construction of line from Stonehouse (Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)) to Blackwood (Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)) begins. |
| / /1896 | Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Construction of line from Alton Heights (Coalburn Branch] (Caledonian Railway)) to Blackwood (Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)) begins. |
| / /1896 | Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Construction of line from Larkhall, Merryton Junction, (Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)) to Stonehouse (Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)) begins. |
| / /1896 | Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Construction of line from Cots Castle (Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)) to Strathaven Central (Hamilton and Strathaven Railway) begins. |
| / /1905 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Lesmahagow renamed Brocketsbrae. |
| 01/07/1905 | Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Larkhall, Merryton Junction, (Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)) to Stonehouse (Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)) opened. |
| 01/07/1905 | Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Stonehouse (Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)) to Blackwood (Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)) opened. |
| 01/07/1905 | Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Alton Heights (Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)) to Blackwood (Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)) opened. |
| 01/07/1905 | [[Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Cots Castle (Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)) to Strathaven Central (Hamilton and Strathaven Railway) opened. |
| /08/1932 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Brocketsbrae Shed, pit and siding removed. Shed closed not long after 1923. |
| 05/01/1935 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Stonehouse to Dalserf closed to passengers |
| 23/02/1935 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Stonehouse East Junction to Canderside Sidings closed to freight. |
| 11/09/1939 | Muirkirk and Lesmahagow Junction RailwayCoalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Douglas West (Poneil Junction) to Brocketsbrae closed to passengers (except a Saturdays only train using Alton Heights to Brocketsbrae until 2nd May 1942). |
| 02/05/1942 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Alton Heights to Brocketsbrae closed to passengers. |
| 01/10/1951 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Blackwood Junction to Tillietudlem (Southfield Junction) closed to passengers. |
| 01/10/1951 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Brocketsbrae to Hamilton (Ferniegair Junction) closed to passengers. |
| 21/09/1953 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Alton Heights (excluded) to Brocketsbrae to Tillietudlem (Southfield Junction) closed to freight. |
| 04/01/1960 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Blackwood Junction to Tillietudlem (Southfield Junction) closed to freight |
| 04/01/1960 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Southfield Junction to Dalserf Junction closed to freight. |
| 20/04/1964 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Dalserf Junction to Ferniegair Junction closed to freight. |
| 20/04/1964 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Canderside Sidings to Dalserf closed to freight. |
| 07/12/1964 | Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Strathaven Central to Stonehouse closed to freight. |
| 04/10/1965 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Coalburn to Hamilton (Haughead Junction) closed to passengers. |
| 04/10/1965 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Coalburn to Auchlochan Colliery (excluded) closed to freight. |
| 04/10/1965 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Strathaven to Stonehouse closed to passengers. |
| 16/09/1968 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Auchlochan Colliery to Larkhall Central closed to freight. |
| 04/11/1968 | Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Larkhall Central to Haughhead Junction closed to freight. |
| 04/07/2005 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Signalling switched on on the re-opening Hamilton - Larkhall branch. |
| 17/07/2005 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Overhead Line Equipment (overhead wires) energised on the re-opening Hamilton - Larkhall line. |
