On Monday 6th April 1908 , a distressing accident took place at High Blantyre near the former Railway Station, which left many local people shocked. A platelayer, John Henderson Goodfellow of Fullarton’s Land, High Blantyre had been working on the railway line about 20 yards south of the signal cabin. (pictured in the middle of […]
Pictured in the 1920’s from the Pedestrian Bridge over the railway track at High Blantyre is the former High Blantyre Train Station. This looks southwards towards Sydes Brae. The Blantyre Old Parish Church is just out the photo to the left. The passenger service stopped in WW2, but the line existed carrying freight and coal […]
Pictured in the 1920’s from the Pedestrian Bridge over the railway track at High Blantyre is the former High Blantyre Train Station. This looks southwards towards Sydes Brae. The Blantyre Old Parish Church is just out the photo to the left. The passenger service stopped in WW2, but the line existed carrying freight and coal […]
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. The lamps certainly look like those used at […]