Stages of Electrification and Subsequent Layout Changes
The Slow line platforms were electrified as part of the 1962 Cathcart Circle scheme through to Motherwell via the West Coast Main Line. The fast line platforms were taken out of use at this time.
The next electrification work was part of the 1974 West Coast Main Line electrication project when the Hamilton Circle was electrified. This layout was retained when the Argyle Line opened in 1979.
Following the closure of adjacent (to the south) steel works and East Coast Main Line electrification, the junction layout was revised in 1990/91 to allow Fast Line trains to pass through at higher speeds. It was as a result of these revisions that single lead junctions from the Kirkhill and Cambuslang directions were installed, that contributed to the Newton rail crash. After several months a double line link was reinstated from Kirkhill.
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