Date: 02/05/2023

Carstairs is in the upper Clyde valley, 200 metres above sea level, and on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) 46km from Glasgow. Its junction with the 44km line to Edinburgh is to the east of its station. In addition to these main lines, it served various long-closed branch lines. It is now served by ...

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Direct weekday services between Glasgow and Carlisle will resume on Monday (April 24) following completion of the latest phase of the £164m project to upgrade Carstairs junction on the West Coast mainline (WCML). As part of the Scottish Government-funded investment, engineers have been working to simplify and upgrade the track layout – clearing bottlenecks and making the junction more reliable.
Location: Carstairs
Company: Caledonian Railway
/04/2023 Network Rail

Looking south from Carstairs station footbridge on 11 April 2023, with the renewed Up and Down lines on the right and the reconfigured platform to the left.
Location: Carstairs
Company: Caledonian Railway
11/04/2023 Bill Roberton

An aerial view of Carstairs showing the station and triangular junction following recent renewals work. Carstairs South Junction (Strawfrank Jnct) is to the bottom left, the station to the top and the site of the locomotive shed to the right.
Location: Carstairs
Company: Caledonian Railway
/10/2022 Network Rail

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