Morningside railway station (Lanarkshire)

Morningside railway station served the village of Morningside, North Lanarkshire, Scotland from 1844 to 1930 on the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway.

Morningside
Location	Morningside, North Lanarkshire Scotland
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway
Pre-grouping	Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
October 1844	Opened
1848	Closed
19 September 1864	Reopened
1 May 1930	Closed permanently

History

The station opened in October 1844 by the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway. It closed in 1848 when the Caledonian Railway opened.[1] It reopened on 19 September 1864. To the north was the goods yard and further north was a turntable. At the east end was a signal box. There was a line north east which served Coltness Iron Works. The station closed on 1 May 1930.[2] The signal box closed in 1940. Only a few bricks and mounds of the platform remains.[3]

References

1. "RAILSCOT - Morningside [1st]". Railscot. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 288. OCLC 931112387.
3. "RAILSCOT - Morningside [NBR]". Railscot. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

External links

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Terminus		North British Railway Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway		Davies Dyke Line and station closed