Douglas West railway station

The railway line between Happendon (then called Douglas) and Muirkirk was built by the Lanark Railway, and it opened for goods on 1 January 1873; passenger services were introduced on 1 June 1874.^[1] The Muirkirk and Lesmahagow Junction Railway (M&LJR), which was a line 2+1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) long connecting the Lanark Railway at Poneil Junction with the Lesmahagow Railway at Alton Heights Junction, opened for goods on 2 April 1883; passenger services being introduced in 1894.^[2]

The station at Douglas West was opened on 1 October 1896 by the Caledonian Railway,^[3] which had absorbed the Lanark Railway, the Lesmahagow Railway and the M&LJR.^[1][2][4] It was situated to the south-west of Poneil Junction, where the former Lanark Railway line was met by the former M&LJR line.^[5] There were two platforms connected by a footbridge; close to the southbound platform was a signal box and behind that a goods shed.

Passenger services over the former M&LJR line were withdrawn on 11 September 1939.^[2]

The station was closed by British Railways on 5 October 1964.^[6]

• Douglas West Station on navigable O.S. map