Davies Dyke railway station

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Davies Dyke railway station or Daviesdyke railway station was a station on the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway (WM&CR) that served the rural area of Davies Dyke near Allanton in Lanarkshire, Parish of Cambusnethan. The station was located 1 miles 60 chains east of Morningside railway station. The company at first adopted the standard track gauge for mineral lines of 4 ft 6 in, often referred to as Scotch gauge. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway took over the WM&CR in 1849, the track gauge already having been changed in August 1847, from the now almost obsolete 4 ft 6 in to the generally accepted standard gauge of 4 ft 8½ in.Davies Dyke station may have had just a single short platform however this is not clearly indicated, it was accessed by pedestrians only off the farm lane near the Davies Dyke Farm and the road over bridge.The station is recorded by the NBR study group as opening on 02/06/1845 and closing in May 1848. Another reference states that Davies Dyke closed permanently in March 1848 under the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.

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