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Going back 65 years now and this is former High Blantyre Station. The photo is from March 1954 and shows the east platform (the one that people boarded to go to Strathaven). There’s some sort of hoarding up over one of the entrances, perhaps preventing the use of toilets. Oil drums sit beside the platform […]
The upper section of the Hamilton to Strathaven railway, cutting through Blantyre was opened on 4th March 1862 with a trial trip. The trial run went from Strathaven terminus to the junction near Hamilton. The trial went well, was tremendously successful and took in the new station at High Blantyre, where they stopped for engineers […]
If you’re a certain age, you may recognise the abandoned High Blantyre Train Station, pictured here in 1956. Looking southwards towards Sydes Brae ,the station is now a modern housing estate beside High Blantyre Old Parish Church, just out the picture to the left. I liked the VIROL advert on the left. VIROL forced […]
I’m assured this photo represents the High Blantyre Railway Staff in 1920. I had some doubts about its authenticity as I knew the windows at the former High Blantyre Station were rectangular and not arched, however I suppose this could be the back of the building. Â The lamps certainly look like those used at […]
Alfred Burnett, a miner, residing at 11 Sydes Brae, High Blantyre, was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday 10th February 1928Â for stealing a quantity of coal from the railway siding at High Blantyre. Whilst being sentenced, he also attempted to shield his friend from any sentence. Charles McGill, another […]
These remarkable photos were taken by Mr. C. Towely in May 1961. They show High Blantyre’s abandoned railway station, just off Craigmuir Road, which is now the site of modern homes next to High Blantyre Old Parish Church. The view looks south. The 11 photos show excellent detail including the removed steps on the footbridge, […]
Pictured is High Blantyre Railway Station, just off Craigmuir Road. The railway stopped to foot passengers in 1945, but this photo dates a little earlier, possibly from 1930s. Photographed from the pedestrian bridge, the scene looks Southwards towards Sydes Brae. On the left you can see Craigmuir road rising gently, the Old Parish Church just […]
This photo dates to the 1960’s. Pictured is High Blantyre Station looking South up towards Sydes Brae. The Station is no longer there and was by the 1960’s already derelict. Some readers may recall playing there or walking along the unused rail tracks. The railway bridge in the background is now the modern East Kilbride […]
How I wish the High Blantyre Station was still there. Wouldn’t it have been amazing to jump in a train and go directly to Strathaven for a day out! Here’s the track route with stations, High Blantyre on the left, heading up to Quarter, then on to Strathaven.