Cobbinshaw railway station
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Cobbinshaw railway station was on the Caledonian Railway
Edinburgh to Carstairs line sited near a village called Woolfords
in South Lanarkshire
. The branch line to Tarbrax railway station
joined here.
To the south was Auchengray railway station
, and to the north Harburn railway station
, both also closed.
The Royal Mail
post for the local area was dropped off at Cobbinshaw, so local addresses then had Cobbinshaw as their post district, rather than the current West Calder.
Caledonian Railway
The Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century and it was absorbed almost a century later into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, in the 1923 railway grouping, by means of the Railways Act 1921...
Edinburgh to Carstairs line sited near a village called Woolfords
Woolfords
Woolfords is a small hamlet in the Parish of Carnwath, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.Woolfords is located on the road between Auchengray and West Calder, next to Cobbinshaw Reservoir. It was formerly part of West Calder in West Lothian and has an EH55 postcode.Woolfords is at above sea level on...
in South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of the former county of Lanarkshire. It borders the south-east of the city of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter towns and smaller villages....
. The branch line to Tarbrax railway station
Tarbrax railway station
Tarbrax railway station was just outside Tarbrax, a hamlet in the Parish of Carnwath, County of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was served by local trains from what is now known as the West Coast Main Line.It is near Auchengray and Woolfords...
joined here.
To the south was Auchengray railway station
Auchengray railway station
Auchengray railway station was just outside Auchengray, a hamlet in the Parish of Carnwath, County of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was served by local trains on the what is now known as the West Coast Main Line....
, and to the north Harburn railway station
Harburn railway station
Harburn railway station was situated on the Caledonian Railway line between Carstairs railway station and Edinburgh.It was closed by the Beeching Axe. To the south were Cobbinshaw railway station and Auchengray railway station....
, both also closed.
The Royal Mail
Royal Mail
Royal Mail is the government-owned postal service in the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turn operates the brands Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide...
post for the local area was dropped off at Cobbinshaw, so local addresses then had Cobbinshaw as their post district, rather than the current West Calder.