Kirkwood

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Kirkwood (1993-)

Station code: KWD National Rail ScotRail
Where: North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Opened on the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Open on the Hamilton Circle.

Description

This is a two platform station dating from 1993 when the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway) re-opened to local trains.

The station effectively replaces Langloan which was to the east and closed in 1964. On re-opening none of the local iron works served by the original station remained.

Tags

Station


News items

01/03/2020MoS exclusive: Travel over the Harry Potter bridge with Carol Kirkwood [Mail Online]
10/08/2014£30m railway project misses sports dates [Evening Times]