Closed Stations Journey quiz

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OBSERVATION

When we were on the line of the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway, prior to Livingston (1848-1948), would we have called at....

Dechmont (1850-1861) ?

 

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Whitburn

Foulshiels

 

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I'm lost ! Going to do the cowardly thing: have to go out for some hours -- looking at coming back and finding matters making sense once more...

 

[Ash Bridge]

Foulshiels

Longridge

 

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Longridge

Two things to point out:-

1)...That Longridge station was the second station (1850-1852), as the first station was a terminal station.

2)...Prior to Longridge was Bents....but to continue.....

Fauldhouse and Crofthead

 

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Headless Cross

 

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Blackhall

 

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Davies Dyke

 

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Morningside

We next access the line of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway.

 

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Carluke (Stirling Road, Morningside) (1845-1853)

 

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Overtown (1845-1881)

 

[Calthrop]

Wishaw South ?

 

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Wishaw (Wishaw South)

 

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Flemington

 

[Calthrop]

Motherwell (Wishaw & Coltness) -- 1843 -- 1885

 

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Now accessing the final line of this journey.....

Motherwell Bridge

 

[DerekC]

OBSERVATION

When we were on the line of the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway, prior to Livingston (1848-1948), would we have called at....

Dechmont (1850-1861) ?

I had thought that the Dechmont station on the Bangour Private Railway, branching off the E&BR just west of Uphall, was the only one to bear the name. However the Wikipedia list of closed stations lists an E&BR station with that name and an 1861 closure date. A careful review of the 1856 1:10560 OS map shows "Halt" in very small text at an overbridge near Dechmont Park. The road layout has totally changed, but mapping it to a modern map puts it about 350 yards east of the modern station of Livingston North.

Which is a very long winded way of saying yes, we would!

 

[DerekC]

Now accessing the final line of this journey.....

Motherwell Bridge

Ferniegair

 

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Larkhall East?

 

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Ferniegair

There were three stations of Ferniegair, the first being the original terminal station. Stations two and three were on through lines and when the newly-opened station of Chatelherault was open, it occupied the site of Ferniegair station

 

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Dalserf.....aka Ayr Road

 

[Calthrop]

Netherburn

 

[Ash Bridge]

Tillietudlem

 

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Auchenheath

 

[Calthrop]

Brocketsbrae

 

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Alton Heights Junction (1893-1926)

 

[Calthrop]

Auchenlochan Halt

 

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Coalburn

 

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Bankend hopefully being the final closed station on this leg

 

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We next move to England for the next journey.....

This is number 856 in the series so far.....

The journey starts at the closed station of Widnes Central
It follows the line of the CLC Liverpool to Manchester Line...via the Tanhouse Lane loop line
It then follows the line of the CLC Glazebrook East Junction to Skelton Junction Line...via the two 2nd stations as a result of the Manchester Ship Canal
It then follows the line of the Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway
It then follows the line of the "Disley Cut-off" Line
It then follows the line of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway
It then follows the line of the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
It then follows the line of the MR Birmingham to Syston Line
It then follows the line of the Syston and Peterborough Railway
It then follows the line of the Northampton and Peterborough Railway
It then follows the line of the LNWR Northampton to Market Harborough Line
It then follows the line of the Rugby and Stamford Railway
It then follows the line of the LNWR Rugby to Peterborough Line
The journey ends at the closed station of Nassington

The first closed station on this journey is Widnes Central