On Sunday 18th July 1968, the goods shed at Blantyre Railway Station burned down. Two fire brigade units attended but the wooden structure was a raging inferno and left practically only the brick chimney standing. The devastation was so thorough that the structure had to be demolished entirely by British Rail the following Monday […]
A couple of people over the years have asked if I had any photos of the Goods Shed or Low Blantyre Railway Station, so it was with great delight, when Chris Ladds contacted me and forwarded me these photos to share here. Pictured in May 1963 is Low Blantyre Railway Station, pictured from Station Road, […]
Pictured here in 1911, is Low Blantyre Station , pictured from the North platform, looking towards Glasgow. Scanned in high resolution, you can make out quite a bit of detail including the iron pedestrian footbridge in the background, and further back beyond it the iron road bridge. Two figures stand on the side and i […]