Law Junction railway station

Law Junction railway station served the village of Law, South Lanarkshire, Scotland from 1879 to 1965 on the Caledonian main line.

Law Junction
Location	Law, South Lanarkshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.7562°N 3.8772°W
Grid reference	NS822530
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (Scottish Region)
Key dates
1 December 1879	Opened
4 January 1965	Closed

History

The station opened on 1 December 1879 by the Caledonian Railway. To the southwest was Shawfield Colliery, which the station was used as a junction for before it opened. There were two signal boxes: one to the north that opened in 1880 and Law Junction South signal box that opened with the station. It later closed in 1897. To the northeast was a goods yard which had a shed and a loading bank, with sidings to the west. In between this and the running line were dead end sidings, with further sidings to the south as well as an eight carriage shed. Shawfield Colliery closed before the Second World War. The station closed on 4 January 1965.[1] Law Junction South signal box closed in 1968 and the signal box to the north closed in 1973, being replaced by Motherwell Signalling Centre.[2]

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 246. OCLC 931112387.
2. "RAILSCOT - Law Junction". Railscot. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Carluke Line and station open		Caledonian main line		Motherwell Line and station open