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Carstairs station and yards, 1986
View SE, towards Carlisle and the south, also Edinburgh leftwards from a junction just out of sight beyond the Carriage Yards - where earlier there had also been the Locomotive Depot. Carstairs is a major junction on the ex-Caledonian WCML from Glasgow, which was electrified in 1974, the line to Edinburgh being electrified in 1989.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 27 Jun 1986
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The Station Hotel, Carstairs Junction
Now closed.
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 16 Aug 2018
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ScotRail Sprinter Train at Carstairs Railway Station
A ScotRail Class 156 DMU stands at Carstairs Railway Station working a service from Edinburgh to Glasgow via Carstairs and Motherwell.
A ScotRail Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) is a rare sight at Carstairs especially after May 2018 as this particular service is now operated by a brand new Class 385 EMU.
Image: © Adam Forsyth
Taken: 2 May 2019
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The north end of Carstairs station
For most of its existence named Carstairs Junction but now reduced to a simple Carstairs though still a junction.
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 16 Aug 2018
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Class 81 at Carstairs, 1981
Electric locomotive No 81003 arrives at Carstairs with a southbound passenger train in the spring of 1981
Image: © Rob Newman
Taken: 28 May 1981
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Bridge at Carstairs Station
Looking north to Station Road.
Image: © Jim Smillie
Taken: 29 Jun 2024
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Carstairs railway station, Lanarkshire
Opened in 1848 by the Caledonian Railway on the main line from Glasgow to Carlisle.
View north west towards Cleghorn and Glasgow.
Image: © Nigel Thompson
Taken: 29 Mar 2014
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Carstairs Railway Station
Carstairs railway station is a major junction station on the West Coast Main Line. Lines from Carstairs lead to Glasgow, Edinburgh and London.
Image: © G Laird
Taken: 10 Sep 2013
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Road junction at Carstairs Junction
Road leading in to a housing estate in the village.
Image: © James Denham
Taken: 4 Oct 2013
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Carstairs Junction
Now just called Carstairs, this used to be a busy station where trains split or were joined together, one half for Edinburgh, the other for Glasgow. This does not happen anymore and the quieter status of the station has led to most of the buildings
Image being demolished.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 23 Jun 2011
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