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Douglas West railway station served the village of Douglas, South Lanarkshire in Scotland between 1896 and 1964. ==History== The railway line between (then called Douglas) and was built by the Lanark Railway, and it opened for goods on 1 January 1873; passenger services were introduced on 1 June 1874. The Muirkirk and Lesmahagow Junction Railway (M&LJR), which was a line long connecting the Lanark Railway at Poneil Junction with the Lesmahagow Railway at , opened for goods on 2 April 1883; passenger services being introduced in 1894. The station at Douglas West was opened on 1 October 1896 by the Caledonian Railway, which had absorbed the Lanark Railway, the Lesmahagow Railway and the M&LJR.〔〔 It was situated to the south-west of Poneil Junction, where the former Lanark Railway line was met by the former M&LJR line. 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 Passenger services over the former M&LJR line were withdrawn on 11 September 1939.〔 The station was closed by British Railways on 5 October 1964. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Douglas West railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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