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Hamilton and Strathaven Railway
Legend
Hamilton Branch Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway East Kilbride Line High Blantyre Hamilton West Burnbank (GBH&CR) Hamilton Branch Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway Meikle Earnock Halt Quarter Glassford Strathaven North (Old) Strathaven North Mid Lanark Lines Strathaven Central Darvel & Strathaven Rly

The Hamilton and Strathaven Railway was a historic railway in Scotland. It ran from a junction with the Hamilton Branch of the Caledonian Railway to a terminus at Strathaven. The railway was worked from the start by the Caledonian Railway, who absorbed the railway company in 1864.^[1]

The railway was planned by William Smith Dixon, an Ironmaster.^[2]

Its construction was authorised on 10 August 1857;^[1] and it was opened on 9 August 1860, from Hamilton to Quarter, for the carriage of goods.^[3] It opened fully on 2 February 1863, between Hamilton and Strathaven, for goods and passengers.^[3]

• Hamilton Branch of the Caledonian Railway at Haughhead Junction.
• East Kilbride Line of the Caledonian Railway at Hunthill Junction.
• Mid Lanark Lines of the Caledonian Railway at Strathaven Central
• Darvel and Strathaven Railway at Strathaven Central

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• RAILSCOT on Hamilton and Strathaven Railway