Blackwood [2nd]

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Blackwood [2nd] (1905-1965)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Opened on the Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway).

Description

This was a single platform station with the platform on the west (town) side of the line. It replaced the Blackwood [1st] terminus which became the goods yard.

To the north was Blackwood Junction where the line doubled and divided into west (for Stonehouse [Lanarkshire]) and east (for Tillietudlem) lines.

The station site is now housing and a church.

Tags

Station

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
02/08/2020