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Busby Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![A 101 entering Clarkston from the west.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/3.jpg "Clarkston")
![Looking east at East Kilbride station. Class 101 DMU in station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/336.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Looking west at East Kilbride station. Goods shed and goods yard now cleared and flats built. Class 101 dmu in station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/337.jpg "East Kilbride")
![View from the footplate of Standard tank 80047 passing through Hairmyres in the mid 1960s with ecs for East Kilbride. [Ref query 9287] <br><br>[John Robin //]](/images/46000/46864.jpg "Hairmyres")
![Glasgow - East Kilbride branch train. C.R. 0.4.4T 15269. Circa 1938. [Railscot note: location assumed to be near Hairmyres.]<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow //1938]](/images/12000/12124.jpg "Hairmyres")
![C.R. 4.4.0 14506 leaving Clarkston. 1947.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow //1947]](/images/15000/15591.jpg "Clarkston")
![LNER L1 2.6.4T at East Kilbride. No 67760 on trials.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 29/01/1949]](/images/7000/7409.jpg "East Kilbride")
![East Kilbride train stopping at Giffnock. CR 0.4.4T 55225.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 23/06/1949]](/images/7000/7464.jpg "Giffnock")
![CR 0.6.0 57575 and driver M. Gibson having fun at East Kilbride.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 16/05/1951]](/images/9000/9567.jpg "East Kilbride")
![CR 0.6.0 57575 and driver M. Gibson having fun at East Kilbride.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 16/05/1951]](/images/9000/9568.jpg "East Kilbride")
![CR 0.6.0 57575 and driver M. Gibson having fun at East Kilbride.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 16/05/1951]](/images/9000/9569.jpg "East Kilbride")
![CR 0.6.0 57575 and driver M. Gibson having fun at East Kilbride.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 16/05/1951]](/images/9000/9570.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Pick up freight approaching Clarkston 1951. CR 0.6.0 57564.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 25/12/1951]](/images/9000/9086.jpg "Clarkston")
![2.6.4T 42275 leaving Busby for East Kilbride. 1951.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 25/12/1951]](/images/9000/9087.jpg "Busby")
![The 1955 diagram from Clarkston Signal Box<br><br>[John Robin //1955]](/images/22000/22091.jpg "Clarkston")
![Arriving East Kilbride. 2.6.4T 42243.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 26/05/1959]](/images/9000/9575.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Leaving East Kilbride. 2.6.4T 42243.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 26/05/1959]](/images/9000/9576.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Down. Near Thorntonhall. 2.6.4T 42244.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 27/05/1959]](/images/9000/9577.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![Up. Near Thorntonhall. 5P 4.6.0 73098.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 27/05/1959]](/images/9000/9578.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![View from the footplate of McIntosh 3F 0-6-0 no 57622 approaching Busby Viaduct with a westbound freight in 1960. [Ref query 6620]<br><br>[David Stewart //1960]](/images/46000/46714.jpg "Busby Viaduct")
![The signal box at Giffnock in 1960, complete with advertisement for the north side <I>Blue Trains</I>. <br><br>[David Stewart //1960]](/images/48000/48446.jpg "Giffnock")
![McIntosh 3F 0-6-0 no 57622 poses with a cheery Polmadie crew at Giffnock in 1960. <br><br>[David Stewart //1960]](/images/48000/48567.jpg "Giffnock")
![McIntosh 3F 0-6-0 57622 with the goods at Clarkston in 1960.<br><br>[David Stewart //1960]](/images/48000/48782.jpg "Clarkston")
![Fowler 4F 0-6-0 44193 approaching Giffnock from the Clarkston direction on 13 September 1960 running tender first with the afternoon goods.<br><br>[David Stewart 13/09/1960]](/images/48000/48360.jpg "Giffnock")
![Signalman Willie McCurdie poses for the camera on the steps of Clarkston signal box in 1961.<br><br>[John Robin //1961]](/images/48000/48265.jpg "Clarkston")
![Standard tank 80058 brings an East Kilbride train into Clarkston station in 1961.<br><br>[John Robin //1961]](/images/49000/49720.jpg "Clarkston")
![View north over Busby station from the signal box on a bright and sunny afternoon in 1961. A St Enoch - East Kilbride service is just about to leave behind a 2-6-4 tank.<br><br>[John Robin //1961]](/images/52000/52200.jpg "Busby")
![Fairburn tank 42244 climbing past Eastwood signal box on the East Kilbride branch towards Busby Junction on 23 June 1962 with a Glasgow bound train. [Ref query 3946] <br><br>[John Robin 23/06/1962]](/images/53000/53342.jpg "Eastwood")
![Fairburn 2-6-4T 42128 passing Overlee Park, Clarkston, on 24 June 1962 with a morning commuter train from East Kilbride.<br><br>[John Robin 24/06/1962]](/images/45000/45616.jpg "Clarkston")
![A pickup freight, including empty newsprint wagons from Hairmyres, photographed at Clarkston on a grey July day in 1962. Corkerhill Black 5 no 45361 is at the head of the train.<br><br>[John Robin 17/07/1962]](/images/46000/46284.jpg "Clarkston")
![BR Standard tank 80021 climbs past the site of Clarkston East Junction on 8 April 1963 heading for East Kilbride. [Ref query 6574] <br><br>[John Robin 08/04/1963]](/images/50000/50909.jpg "Clarkston East Junction")
![Standard mogul 77009 shunting the pick up goods at Clarkston in 1963.<br><br>[John Robin 18/04/1963]](/images/44000/44306.jpg "Clarkston")
![A pair of Standard tanks running light across Busby Viaduct on the evening of 30 May 1963.<br><br>[John Robin 30/05/1963]](/images/53000/53156.jpg "Busby Viaduct")
![Standard and Fairburn 2-6-4 tanks run light through Busby station on 6 June 1963 on their way back to Glasgow from East Kilbride. <br><br>[John Robin 06/06/1963]](/images/53000/53025.jpg "Busby")
![80110 approaches Thornliebank with the 17.33 from St Enoch to East Kilbride in June 1963. The distant signal above the engine was for Thornliebank box which was always 'switched out' until closure in 1964. The Argus foundry is in the left background with Eastwood box just visible through the smoke. <br><br>[John Robin 13/06/1963]](/images/44000/44244.jpg "Thornliebank")
![Remains of viaduct on line from East Kilbride to Auchinraith.<br><br>[John Robin 02/07/1963]](/images/7000/7197.jpg "High Blantyre")
![Standard mogul 77019 with a goods train at East Kilbride in July 1963.<br><br>[John Robin 02/07/1963]](/images/44000/44426.jpg "East Kilbride")
![80051 leaving Giffnock for East Kilbride in September 1963 with the 17.08 from St Enoch.<br><br>[John Robin 13/09/1963]](/images/44000/44320.jpg "Giffnock")
![42060 emerging from the shadows of the cutting near Overlee Road, Clarkston, on 25 March 1964.<br><br>[John Robin 25/03/1964]](/images/46000/46912.jpg "Clarkston")
![Driver of 80116 smokes his pipe at Busby Jct en route to East Kilbride.<br><br>[John Robin 29/05/1964]](/images/10000/10137.jpg "Busby Junction")
![Black 5 44992 about to collect the tablet from the signalman alongside Busby box in May 1964 with a train of empty stock bound for East Kilbride.<br><br>[John Robin 30/05/1964]](/images/45000/45479.jpg "Busby")
![A train of empty stock on its way from East Kilbride to Glasgow passing through Clarkston on 5 June 1964 hauled by a BR Standard tank. The large shed in the recently lifted goods yard is thought to have housed the horse bus and later the motor bus which once connected the station with the village of Eaglesham. <br><br>[John Robin 05/06/1964]](/images/51000/51859.jpg "Clarkston")
![View from a morning commuter train for Glasgow approaching Thornliebank on 20 June 1964 behind BR Standard tank 80120. [Ref query 6894] <br><br>[John Robin 20/06/1964]](/images/49000/49140.jpg "Thornliebank")
![Photograph taken from a carriage window on a train leaving Clarkston station on 20 June 1964 behind BR standard tank 80120. The train is the 8.16am to Glasgow St Enoch, which will shortly pass a DMU, just visible in the background, approaching with a service for East Kilbride. <br><br>[John Robin 20/06/1964]](/images/52000/52922.jpg "Clarkston")
![Platform scene at East Kilbride on a wet day in March 1965.<br><br>[Colin Miller /03/1965]](/images/34000/34355.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Looking west from East Kilbride station on a wet day in March 1965.<br><br>[Colin Miller /03/1965]](/images/34000/34363.jpg "East Kilbride")
![BR Standard tank 80063 at the head of the 5.8pm St Enoch - East Kilbride train crossing Busby Viaduct on 31 March 1965.<br><br>[John Robin 31/03/1965]](/images/51000/51292.jpg "Busby Viaduct")
![A Standard class 4 2-6-4T crosses Busby Viaduct in April 1965 with a train for East Kilbride.<br><br>[G W Robin /04/1965]](/images/45000/45593.jpg "Busby Viaduct")
![Standard 2-6-4 tank no 80063 with the 5.8pm St Enoch - East Kilbride, photographed near Hairmyres on a late April afternoon in 1965. <br><br>[G W Robin /04/1965]](/images/45000/45982.jpg "Hairmyres")
![80120 brings an East Kilbride branch train under the Thornton Road bridge at Hairmyres in April 1965.<br><br>[G W Robin 15/04/1965]](/images/46000/46998.jpg "Hairmyres")
![The Jones Goods HR 103 stops at Thorntonhall on 17 April 1965 with the SLS/BLS <I>Scottish Rambler No 4</I> on its way back from East Kilbride.<br><br>[John Robin 17/04/1965]](/images/9000/9872.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![HR 103 running round the SLS/BLS <I>Scottish Rambler no 4</I> at East Kilbride on 17 April 1965. <br><br>[G W Robin 17/04/1965]](/images/47000/47808.jpg "East Kilbride")
![The preserved ex-Highland Railway <I>Jones Goods</I> 4-6-0 no 103 stands at East Kilbride on 17 April 1965, shortly after arriving with <I>Scottish Rambler no 4</I> from Glasgow St Enoch.<br><br>[G W Robin 17/04/1965]](/images/48000/48263.jpg "East Kilbride")
![80058 arriving at Clarkston on 24 May 1965 with the 5.33pm from St Enoch. <br><br>[John Robin 24/05/1965]](/images/50000/50491.jpg "Clarkston")
![80130 at Thorntonhall with train from Gourock to East Kilbride<br><br>[John Robin 25/05/1965]](/images/9000/9826.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![Hard working BR Standard class 4 tank no 80063 climbs towards Bogton Bridge, south east of Thorntonhall, on 25 May 1965. <br><br>[John Robin 25/05/1965]](/images/48000/48395.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![80063 passing the site of Clarkston East Jct with emcars from East Kilbride<br><br>[John Robin 28/05/1965]](/images/9000/9875.jpg "Clarkston")
![73106 climbs to Hairmyres with empty stock.<br><br>[John Robin 29/05/1965]](/images/9000/9822.jpg "Hairmyres")
![Standard Class 5 4-6-0 73106 climbing to Hairmyres on 29 May 1965 with empty stock for East Kilbride. <br><br>[John Robin 29/05/1965]](/images/50000/50945.jpg "Hairmyres")
![An unidentified BR Standard 2-6-4 tank about to enter Thorntonhall station in June 1965 with the 5.33pm from St Enoch.<br><br>[G W Robin /06/1965]](/images/49000/49296.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![Fireman of 80046 collects the tablet for the single line to East Kilbride. Donald MacKay is the signalman.<br><br>[John Robin 03/06/1965]](/images/9000/9873.jpg "Busby")
![80060 leaving Thorntonhall for East Kilbride.<br><br>[John Robin 03/06/1965]](/images/10000/10058.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![BR Standard 2-6-4 tanks 80046+80060 at East Kilbride late on 3 June 1965. The locomotives are awaiting the all clear to return light engine to Glasgow, having just stabled empty stock on the Blantyre spur for the night.<br><br>[G W Robin 03/06/1965]](/images/45000/45921.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Standard class 4 2-6-4 tanks 80046+80060 between East Kilbride and Hairmyres on 3 June 1965 returning light engine to Glasgow. <br><br>[G W Robin 03/06/1965]](/images/47000/47367.jpg "Hairmyres")
![80047 collecting the tablet at Busby Box with East Kilbride train.<br><br>[John Robin 04/06/1965]](/images/9000/9879.jpg "Busby")
![Fairbairn tank 42170 has just crossed Busby viaduct with 17.33 from St Enoch.<br><br>[John Robin 04/06/1965]](/images/10000/10060.jpg "Busby Viaduct")
![80109 climbs past Overlee Park to Clarkston distant signal.<br><br>[John Robin 07/06/1965]](/images/9000/9878.jpg "Clarkston")
![80004 crossing Busby Viaduct in July 1965 with an evening service to East Kilbride.<br><br>[G W Robin /07/1965]](/images/46000/46289.jpg "Busby Viaduct")
![A Cravens DMU forms the leading set of the 17.18 from East Kilbride as it approaches Thorntonhall en route to Glasgow in July 1965.<br><br>[G W Robin 06/07/1965]](/images/21000/21517.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![Standard Class 4 tank 80001 leaving Thorntonhall on the East Kilbride line in the summer of 1965. The train is the 5.33pm from St Enoch.<br><br>[G W Robin 06/07/1965]](/images/46000/46358.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![80120 with the 5.33pm ex-St Enoch near Thorntonhall in September 1965.<br><br>[G W Robin /09/1965]](/images/45000/45828.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![80004 photographed near Thorntonhall in September 1965, passing the site of an old mine branch.<br><br>[G W Robin /09/1965]](/images/46000/46941.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![An East Kilbride train calls at Giffnock in April 1966. Note the locomotive's Caledonian semaphore route indicator and the line to Giffnock quarry on the right.<br><br>[John Robin /04/1966]](/images/9000/9877.jpg "Giffnock")
![Morning train for St Enoch calls at Thornliebank in last week of steam.<br><br>[John Robin /04/1966]](/images/10000/10136.jpg "Thornliebank")
![Standard class 4 tank 80046 calls at Clarkston in April 1966 with an evening train for East Kilbride.<br><br>[G W Robin /04/1966]](/images/45000/45762.jpg "Clarkston")
![An East Kilbride train calls at Giffnock in April 1966. Locomotive is Corkerhill Standard class 4 tank 80046, complete with Caledonian semaphore route indicator.<br><br>[G W Robin /04/1966]](/images/46000/46185.jpg "Giffnock")
![80046 arriving at Clarkston in April 1966 with the 5.08pm from St Enoch.<br><br>[G W Robin /04/1966]](/images/46000/46745.jpg "Clarkston")
![An unidentified 2-6-4 tank brings a train into East Kilbride in April 1966.<br><br>[G W Robin /04/1966]](/images/47000/47218.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Looking along a deserted platform at East Kilbride in April 1966 with a train of empty stock standing on the left. The line straight ahead to Hunthill Junction, Blantyre, closed as a through route as long ago as 1937 although the section serving the Mavor & Coulson sidings survived until 1966. [See image 19680]<br><br>[G W Robin /04/1966]](/images/47000/47732.jpg "East Kilbride")
![An evening train bound for East Kilbride approaches Clarkston in April 1966, the last week of steam operations on the route. Photographed from the roof car park of Clarkston Toll shopping centre on Busby Road, much of which was destroyed in a major gas explosion five and a half years later, in which 21 people died.<br><br>[John Robin /04/1966]](/images/48000/48164.jpg "Clarkston")
![The signalman at Busby prepares to collect the tablet from a standard tank bringing down a train of empty stock from East Kilbride in April 1966. <br><br>[John Robin /04/1966]](/images/48000/48237.jpg "Busby")
![BR Standard tank 80054 nears Thorntonhall with a train on a chilly morning in April 1966, during the final week of steam haulage on the East Kilbride line. <br><br>[John Robin /04/1966]](/images/49000/49124.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![The last vestiges of early morning mist hang around Thorntonhall Lane crossing in April 1966 as an East Kilbride - Glasgow train approaches. This was the final week of steam hauled services on the line.<br><br>[John Robin /04/1966]](/images/49000/49507.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![Standard tank 80046 makes steamy progress past Thorntonhall goods siding on the climb up from Busby with the 1708 St Enoch - East Kilbride in April 1966.<br><br>[John Robin /04/1966]](/images/50000/50854.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![Polmadie standard class 4 tank 80086 climbs away from Busby towards Thorntonhall on 4 April 1966 with the 17.33 St Enoch - East Kilbride service. <br><br>[G W Robin 04/04/1966]](/images/46000/46564.jpg "Busby")
![80086 brings the 17.33 ex-St Enoch onto the single line section at Busby on 4 April 1966.<br><br>[G W Robin 04/04/1966]](/images/47000/47070.jpg "Busby")
![The 5.8pm service from St Enoch about to enter Busby station on 8 April 1966. Locomotive in charge is Corkerhill standard class 4 tank 80004.<br><br>[G W Robin 08/04/1966]](/images/45000/45787.jpg "Busby")
![Standard 2-6-4T 80130 at Busby on 8 April 1966 with the 5.33pm from St Enoch about to collect the tablet before continuing its journey to East Kilbride. <br><br>[G W Robin 08/04/1966]](/images/46000/46009.jpg "Busby")
![A Standard 2-6-4 tank climbs past Eastwood signal box on the East Kilbride branch in April 1966 during the last week of steam haulage. The box served the Argus Foundry on the right, built by Weirs of Cathcart in 1920 and closed circa 1959.<br><br>[John Robin 12/04/1966]](/images/44000/44238.jpg "Eastwood")
![Standard class 5 4-6-0 no 73064 at Busby on 13 April 1955 with a morning train from East Kilbride.<br><br>[G W Robin 13/04/1966]](/images/45000/45687.jpg "Busby")
![73064 arrives at Busby station with a morning train from East Kilbride to St Enoch on 13 April 1966. Photographed during the last week of steam on the branch.<br><br>[G W Robin 13/04/1966]](/images/46000/46728.jpg "Busby")
![BR Standard Class 4 tank 80116 descends to Busby in April 1966 with a morning train from East Kilbride Bound for St Enoch.<br><br>[G W Robin 13/04/1966]](/images/46000/46921.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![Standard tank number 80116 approaches Busby with the 17.33 from St Enoch to East Kilbride in April 1966. The colour and modus operandi of the excavator is worthy of note.<br><br>[G W Robin 14/04/1966]](/images/21000/21545.jpg "Busby")
![Morning commuters await the last steam - hauled train to Glasgow at Thorntonhall on the frosty morning of 15th April 1966. Standard tank 80006 is in charge.<br><br>[G W Robin 15/04/1966]](/images/21000/21515.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![Standard tank 80046 with empty stock held on the Blantyre side of East Kilbride station in the spring of 1966. The train is awaiting the clear to return to Glasgow. [Ref query 10299]<br><br>[John Robin 15/04/1966]](/images/51000/51788.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Standard tank 80121 in the loop at East Kilbride on 15 April 1966 with the empty stock of the last steam-hauled passenger service from St Enoch. [See image 47096]<br><br>[John Robin 15/04/1966]](/images/52000/52679.jpg "East Kilbride")
![BR Standard 2-6-4 tank 80121 running round the last steam hauled train from St Enoch at East Kilbride station on 15 April 1966. [See image 47096]<br><br>[John Robin 15/04/1966]](/images/52000/52895.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Standard tank 80121 following its arrival at East Kilbride on 15 April 1966 with the last steam hauled service from St Enoch. <br><br>[John Robin 15/04/1966]](/images/53000/53174.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Standard tanks 80060+80046 seen across the yard at East Kilbride on the evening of 3 June 1966. The locomotives were preparing to return to Glasgow after stabling empty stock on the Blantyre spur for the night. [See image 47367]<br><br>[G W Robin 03/06/1966]](/images/48000/48079.jpg "East Kilbride")
![A quiet Spring afternoon at East Kilbride in April 1985. The Trans-Clyde liveried Class 116 DMU will shortly be heading for Glasgow Central.<br><br>[Mark Dufton 27/04/1985]](/images/23000/23156.jpg "East Kilbride")
![A (disused) windlass operated oil-lamp column at Thorntonhall in December 1985.<br><br>[David Panton /12/1985]](/images/20000/20358.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![Deceptively rural scene at Hairmyres in June 1986 looking towards East Kilbride as 116 394 arrives on a Glasgow Central service.<br><br>[David Panton /06/1986]](/images/17000/17899.jpg "Hairmyres")
![Four railwaymen, no passengers. East Kilbride.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7926.jpg "East Kilbride")
![East Kilbride looking east. The line continued east from here to Hamilton. This route was eclipsed by the easier L&A route further north.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7927.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Departure from East Kilbride. Station in distance.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7935.jpg "East Kilbride")
![A DMU arrives at East Kilbride station. The view is across the former coal yard and sidings. The sidings have since been lifted, the coal yard has closed and the site has been built on. The station remains open but with only one track.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/26000/26132.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Hairmyres from the station approach in 1988. This view is quite different today.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/54000/54164.jpg "Hairmyres")
![A special run to mark the 125th Anniversary of the East Kilbride branch on 31 October 1993. The ScotRail/SRPS excursion from Glasgow Central is pictured near Thorntonhall behind Black Five no 44871 <I>Sovereign</I>.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 31/10/1993]](/images/37000/37220.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![Black Five 44871 <I>'Sovereign'</I> at East Kilbride with the branch 125th Anniversary special on 31 October 1993.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 31/10/1993]](/images/37000/37330.jpg "East Kilbride")
![44871 leaving Clarkston <I>wrong line</I> in December 1993 with an SRPS <I>Santa Special</I> to East Kilbride.<br><br>[Ken Browne /12/1993]](/images/25000/25460.jpg "Clarkston")
![44871 runs into Clarkston station <I>wrong line</I> in December 1993 with an SRPS <I>Santa Special</I> to East Kilbride.<br><br>[Ken Browne /12/1993]](/images/25000/25680.jpg "Clarkston")
![Remains of the viaduct west of High Blantyre on the East Kilbride route via Auchenraith Junction, seen in 1997.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1997]](/images/42000/42526.jpg "High Blantyre")
![In July 1998 the blank face of the Busby station building, which then housed a Chinese take-away, looked rather shabby. Today things are a little better. In case you are wondering, that odd-looking thing top right is the sleeve of a litter bin, placed there by idle hands to rest on the head of the platform lighting.<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 17/07/1998]](/images/50000/50565.jpg "Busby")
![A 4-car 156 set for East Kilbride halted at Giffnock on 1 March 1999.<br><br>[David Panton 01/03/1999]](/images/17000/17699.jpg "Giffnock")
![New cycle hoops installed at Thorntonhall.<br><br>[First ScotRail //2006]](/images/10000/10599.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![A DMU service from Glasgow Central about to draw to a halt at East Kilbride terminus on 21 August 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/08/2006]](/images/10000/10432.jpg "East Kilbride")
![A train for Glasgow Central about to depart from East Kilbride in August 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/08/2006]](/images/10000/10709.jpg "East Kilbride")
![The single-platform terminus at East Kilbride looking west along Torrance Road on a Monday morning in August 2006. The buffer stops are just off picture to the right, while to the left is the large station car park. The 10.26 service, calling all stations to Glasgow Central, is currently boarding. <br><br>[John Furnevel 21/08/2006]](/images/34000/34242.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Passengers disembarking from the 09.48 Glasgow Central - East Kilbride train, see here on the morning of 21 August 2006 shortly after arrival at the terminus.<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/08/2006]](/images/34000/34288.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Trains on the East Kilbride line pass at Giffnock station on 6 May 2007. <br><br>[John Furnevel /05/2007]](/images/15000/15274.jpg "Giffnock")
![Contrasting platform buildings - view southeast at Busby on 6 May 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel /05/2007]](/images/16000/16128.jpg "Busby")
![The station building at Thorntonhall in the pouring rain on the morning of 6 May 2007. View towards East Kilbride.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/05/2007]](/images/14000/14908.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![<I>What's this... a new ScotRail long-distance service?</I> The converted station building on the southbound platform at Busby in May 2007, now in use as a Chinese takeaway.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/05/2007]](/images/14000/14930.jpg "Busby")
![A train for East Kilbride pulls into Giffnock on 6 May 2007 under the recently repainted footbridge.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/05/2007]](/images/14000/14965.jpg "Giffnock")
![View over Busby station on 6 May 2007 towards the former station building, now the <I>Shanghai Express</I> takeaway. A train for Glasgow Central is just leaving the northbound platform.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/05/2007]](/images/14000/14972.jpg "Busby")
![View from the car park at Giffnock towards the station building and northbound platform on 6 May 2007. <br><br>[John Furnevel 06/05/2007]](/images/15000/15053.jpg "Giffnock")
![A quiet Sunday morning at Clarkston. View north over the station on 6 May 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/05/2007]](/images/15000/15234.jpg "Clarkston")
![Entrance to the platform at Thorntonhall on the East Kilbride line in May 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/05/2007]](/images/15000/15966.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![Station building on the down platform at Giffnock in May 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/05/2007]](/images/17000/17445.jpg "Giffnock")
![Another stone built former goods shed which has found a new use stands alongside Busby station on the East Kilbride line. This one, photographed in May 2007, forms part of a garden equipment business. The platforms are behind the fence on the right. <br><br>[John Furnevel 06/05/2007]](/images/42000/42206.jpg "Busby")
![The 09.27 East Kilbride - Glasgow Central DMU pulls way from the platform at Busby after a shower of rain on a May morning in 2007. The train has just crossed the bridge over the A726. <br><br>[John Furnevel 06/05/2007]](/images/46000/46724.jpg "Busby")
![A dmu from Glasgow Central about to leave Hairmyres on 6 May 2007 with a service for East Kilbride.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/05/2007]](/images/47000/47042.jpg "Hairmyres")
![East Kilbride - Glasgow Central service at Thornliebank on 6 May.<br><br>[John Furnevel 6/05/2007]](/images/14000/14932.jpg "Thornliebank")
![An East Kilbride service arrives at Busby on 8 September.<br><br>[David Panton 08/09/2007]](/images/16000/16998.jpg "Busby")
![Changeover at East Kilbride terminus for the crew of 156 446 on 8 September 2007.<br><br>[David Panton 08/09/2007]](/images/20000/20412.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Looking towards Busby station on 8 September 2007. In the foreground the line becomes single to East Kilbride.<br><br>[David Panton 08/09/2007]](/images/24000/24797.jpg "Busby")
![156430 southbound ex-Glasgow Central about to leave Hairmyres on 13 October 2007 on the last leg of its journey to East Kilbride.<br><br>[David Panton 13/10/2007]](/images/17000/17839.jpg "Hairmyres")
![The platform at Hairmyres in October 2007 with 156 430 forming an East Kilbride - Glasgow service.<br><br>[David Panton 13/10/2007]](/images/17000/17898.jpg "Hairmyres")
![An East Kilbride service formed by 156 492 pulls up amongst the Autumn leaves at Clarkston on 13 October 2007.<br><br>[David Panton 13/10/2007]](/images/20000/20170.jpg "Clarkston")
![A morning train for East Kilbride pulls into Thornliebank under a low autumn sun on 13 October 2007. Unit 156 439.<br><br>[David Panton 13/10/2007]](/images/20000/20380.jpg "Thornliebank")
![A Glasgow Central - East Kilbride train formed by 156 504 seen at Thorntonhall on 13 October 2007. <br><br>[David Panton 13/10/2007]](/images/20000/20935.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![Bridge over the trackbed of the line that once served the Mavor & Coulson works at Nerston, East Kilbride. Photographed in July 2008. <br><br>[Fraser Cochrane 02/07/2008]](/images/19000/19670.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Site of the sidings that once served Mavor & Coulson, a company specialising in the development and manufacture of mining and tunnelling equipment. The works was at the end of a surviving section of the through route from East Kilbride to Hunthill Junction, Blantyre, which closed in 1937. This remaining link closed in 1966. <br><br>[Fraser Cochrane 02/07/2008]](/images/19000/19680.jpg "East Kilbride")
![156 445 standing at East Kilbride terminus on 15 October, soon to start the journey back to Glasgow Central. <br><br>[John McIntyre 15/10/2008]](/images/21000/21074.jpg "East Kilbride")
![The rear of the 16.43 Glasgow Central - East Kilbride service approaching East Kilbride station (seen in the background) on 4 April 2009.<br>
<br><br>[John Steven 04/04/2009]](/images/23000/23129.jpg "East Kilbride")
![156434 awaits its departure time at East Kilbride on 4 April at the head of the 4-car 17.17 train to Glasgow Central.<br><br>[John Steven 04/04/2009]](/images/23000/23140.jpg "East Kilbride")
![The 4-car 16.43 Glasgow Central to East Kilbride service, approaching its destination on 4 April. <br><br>[John Steven 04/04/2009]](/images/23000/23299.jpg "East Kilbride")
![A Glasgow Central - East Kilbride service waits to depart from Thorntonhall on 6 April.<br>
<br><br>[John Steven 06/04/2009]](/images/23000/23159.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![Thorntonhall station on 6 April 2009, looking towards East Kilbride<br><br>[John Steven 06/04/2009]](/images/23000/23169.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![Glasgow Central - East Kilbride service arriving at Busby on 6 April. The former station building on the right is now <I>The Shanghai Express</I> Chinese restaurant.<br><br>[John Steven 06/04/2009]](/images/23000/23177.jpg "Busby")
![View over Busby station on 6 April 2009 looking towards East Kilbride. <br><br>[John Steven 06/04/2009]](/images/23000/23186.jpg "Busby")
![Glasgow Central - East Kilbride service approaching Hairmyres on 22 May 2009.<br><br>[John Steven 22/05/2009]](/images/23000/23794.jpg "Hairmyres")
![An East Kilbride - Glasgow Central service departs Thorntonhall on 22 May.<br><br>[John Steven 22/05/2009]](/images/23000/23817.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![The 2017 East Kilbride - Glasgow Central service awaits departure from East Kilbride on 10 June 2009.<br><br>[John Steven 10/06/2009]](/images/24000/24067.jpg "East Kilbride")
![ScotRail logo, photographed at East Kilbride on 10 June 2009. <br><br>[John Steven 10/06/2009]](/images/24000/24069.jpg "Plates, signs and notices")
![Next stop East Kilbride, as a service from Glasgow Central prepares to leave Hairmyres on 10 June.<br><br>[John Steven 10/06/2009]](/images/24000/24080.jpg "Hairmyres")
![Glasgow bound 156 505 departs from Hairmyres on 17 June 2009. The offices of the East Kilbride World [newspaper] are housed within the smaller of the two white buildings in the background, the second and larger being apartments. Part of Hairmyres Hospital ambulance depot can be seen on the extreme right.<br><br>[John Steven 17/06/2009]](/images/24000/24181.jpg "Hairmyres")
![A train for East Kilbride approaches Clarkston in July 2009.<br><br>[John Steven 01/07/2009]](/images/24000/24378.jpg "Clarkston")
![Services for East Kilbride and Glasgow Central meet at Clarkston on 1 July 2009.<br><br>[John Steven 01/07/2009]](/images/24000/24396.jpg "Clarkston")
![A 4-car 156 pulls into Thornliebank with an East Kilbride - Glasgow service on Saturday 8 August 2009. Now a mad dash so I can catch it...<br><br>[David Panton 08/08/2009]](/images/25000/25169.jpg "Thornliebank")
![156 506 pulls into Giffnock heading for Glasgow Central on 2 September 2009. Inexplicably the East Kilbride-bound track looks more heavily used than the Glasgow side.<br><br>[David Panton 02/09/2009]](/images/25000/25359.jpg "Giffnock")
![156446 forming a Glasgow Central - East Kilbride service on 11 February, photographed on the approach to Hairmyres Station.<br><br>[John Steven 11/02/2010]](/images/27000/27627.jpg "Hairmyres")
![Running approximately 10 minutes late, an East Kilbride - Glasgow Central service passes under the bridge carrying the A726 on the approach to Thorntonhall on 11 February.<br><br>[John Steven 11/02/2010]](/images/27000/27636.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![156 449 approaches Busby with a service for Glasgow Central on 17 March 2010. The signal in the background protects the single track to East Kilbride.<br><br>[David Panton 17/03/2010]](/images/28000/28297.jpg "Busby")
![The old goods shed alongside Busby station on 17 March 2010.<br><br>[David Panton 17/03/2010]](/images/28000/28410.jpg "Busby")
![Winter scene near Hairmyres on the morning of December 2nd 2010 as 156439 heads towards Thorntonhall.<br><br>[John Steven 02/12/2010]](/images/31000/31743.jpg "Hairmyres")
![<I>Careful now - mind you don't slip.. </I> Passengers tentatively disembarking from a Glasgow Central arrival at a snowy East Kilbride station during the late morning on 2 December 2010<br>
<br><br>[John Steven 02/12/2010]](/images/31000/31746.jpg "East Kilbride")
![156442 with a morning Glasgow Central - East Kilbride service approaching its destination on 2 December 2010.<br><br>[John Steven 02/12/2010]](/images/31000/31766.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Glasgow bound 156439 calls at Hairmyres during the late morning on 2 December 2010.<br><br>[John Steven 02/12/2010]](/images/31000/31913.jpg "Hairmyres")
![156512 leaves Busby on a Glasgow service on 14th April. This was the eve of the 45th anniversary of the last steam train on this line [See image 46728] and I know that the gent waiting for the approaching East Kilbride Sprinter was ruefully wishing it was a 2-6-4T for the climb to the terminus.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 14/04/2011]](/images/33000/33664.jpg "Busby")
![The crew of 156431 changes ends during a short stop at the functional terminus of the East Kilbride line before dropping back down the branch with another service for Glasgow Central. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 14/04/2011]](/images/33000/33693.jpg "East Kilbride")
![An East Kilbride bound service, formed by 156512, calls at Busby and will then join the single line section that starts just beyond the platforms.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 14/04/2011]](/images/37000/37360.jpg "Busby")
![A sunny, warm May Day bank holiday in Glasgow sees an East Kilbride service, formed by unit 156 436, preparing to pull away from the platform at Giffnock.<br><br>[David Panton 02/05/2011]](/images/33000/33935.jpg "Giffnock")
![Crosshouse Primary School pupils Liam Orton, Kai Gallagher, Cameron Sinclair, Jack Ralston, and Emma MacDonald tending to one of their planters at Hairmyres station. [See adjacent news item]<br>
<br><br>[ScotRail 30/08/2012]](/images/1000/1301.jpg "Hairmyres")
![Ongoing work in February 2013 involving the upgrading of the cycle track which nowadays replaces the the siding that once ran from East Kilbride Station to Mavor and Couson's engineering works at Nerston. The line which was just under a mile in length closed in 1966. The boundary wall of East Kilbride Juniors football club is on the right, while garden walls of houses in the East Mains area of the town are on the left. [See image 19670]<br><br>[John Steven 22/02/2013]](/images/42000/42148.jpg "East Kilbride")
![80118 passes below Thornton Road Bridge on 5 April 1966 with the 5.33pm St Enoch - East Kilbride.<br><br>[G W Robin 05/04/2014]](/images/47000/47332.jpg "Hairmyres")
![Thanks to the lengthy platform at East Kilbride it is possible to stack barrel trains back to back.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 08/03/2016]](/images/54000/54487.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Two fine new murals at East Kilbride station. The choice of train indicates a certain artistic licence!<br>
<br>
Kiwi Pre-School Playgroup worked with artist Frank Carty of <a target=external href=http://www.artisanartworks.com/>Artisan Artworks</a> to produce these murals, supported by ScotRail.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 21/09/2016]](/images/56000/56703.jpg "East Kilbride")
![Thorntonhall seen here is of course on the Busby-East Kilbride line which will attain its 150th anniversary on 1 September next year.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 10/01/2017]](/images/57000/57840.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![The diminutive station building at Thorntonhall, viewed from the road bridge. Thorntonhall is served by only alternate trains.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 10/01/2017]](/images/57000/57898.jpg "Thorntonhall")
![Arrival at Hairmyres.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 10/01/2017]](/images/58000/58071.jpg "Hairmyres")
!['Clarkston & Stamperland' announced the big blue running-in board when I first<br>
passed through here. An East Kilbride bound 156 calls on 11 November 2017. This line<br>
is surely overdue for electrification.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 11/11/2017]](/images/61000/61765.jpg "Clarkston")
![An East Kilbride train calls at Giffnock on 11 November 2017. The fine<br>
footbridge would be a casualty of electrification, but it would be a price<br>
worth paying, I think.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 11/11/2017]](/images/61000/61782.jpg "Giffnock")
![156 439 calls at Thornliebank with an East Kilbride service on the cold<br>
morning of 11 November 2017.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 11/11/2017]](/images/61000/61819.jpg "Thornliebank")
![Take the last train to Clarkston and I'll tweet you at the station. An East<br>
Kilbride to Glasgow train calls on 11 November 2017. The train will, as always,<br>
be packed and of course there's always someone trying to get on with a bike.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 11/11/2017]](/images/61000/61863.jpg "Clarkston")
