DMU Operations: Scottish Region
Glasgow / Hamilton - Strathaven / Coalburn
The mixture of DMU types allocated to Hamilton depot would be used on these services.
The routes closed on 4 October 1965.
Sample Timetables
15th June to 13th September 1959
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 14 (0.7 mb pdf).
2nd November 1959 to 12th June 1960
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 14 (0.7 mb pdf).
13th June to 11th September 1960
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 14 (0.8 mb pdf).
12th September 1960 to 11th June 1961
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 14 (0.8 mb pdf).
12th June to 10th September 1961
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 14 (0.7 mb pdf).
11th September 1961 to 17th June 1962
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 14 (0.8 mb pdf).
18th June to 9th September 1962
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 6a (1.7 mb pdf).
10th September 1962 to 16th June 1963
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 16a (0.5 mb pdf).
17th June to 8th September 1963
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 17 (0.4 mb pdf).
9th September 1963 to 14th June 1964
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 17 (0.5 mb pdf).
15th June to 6th September 1964
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 17 (0.4 mb pdf).
7th September 1964 to 13th June 1965
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 17 (0.5 mb pdf).
14 June 1965 to 17 April 1966
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 16 (0.4 mb pdf).
Images
Unknown date
A Derby triple DMU set in Strathaven station sometime in the early/mid-1960s. The yellow panel on the DMU cab dates it to 1962 onward, the station closed in October 1965. The image was from the Steve Davies Collection. Stuart Mackay Collection.
4th July 1964
The end of the line, in more ways than one. It’s 4th July 1964 and this Gloucester set has arrived at Coalburn with the 6:15 SO from Hamilton Central. It will run empty back to (presumably) Hamilton depot. This line will close exactly fifteen months later. David Pearson.
4th July 1964
4th July 1964, and little more than a year to closure for many of the Lanarkshire rural branches. The 1:15 PM (SO) from Glasgow Central to Strathaven is comprised of a Met-Camm 101 and a Cravens 105 as it calls at Stonehouse. David Pearson.
4th July 1964
4th July 1964 and the clock is ticking on services in rural Lanarkshire. Here the 1:47 PM to Glasgow Central awaits departure from Strathaven, led by a 101 with a 105 behind. David Pearson.
Unknown date
The view from a Cravens DMU at Blackwood station, probably as it departs on a Glasgow Central - Coalburn service. Date unknown, services ended on the line in October 1965. John Horne Collection.
2nd October 1965
A GRCW twin leads a 4-car formation (the other is a Cravens or Met-Camm) into Stonehouse with a Coalburn bound service on the 2nd October 1965, the last day of services. Hamish Stevenson Collection.
2nd October 1965
The Stonehouse signalman waits to collect the token from the driver of the incoming GRCW twin on a service from Strathaven on the 2nd October 1965, the last day of services. Hamish Stevenson Collection.