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660:General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour
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1599:Transport in South Lanarkshire
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1031:St Combs Light Railway
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795:CR Hamilton Branch
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790:CR Douglas Branch
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216:Lanarkshire
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68:Coordinates
60:Lanarkshire
1578:Categories
1457:City Union
1260:Esk Valley
1160:Ballochney
1026:Morayshire
576:Caledonian
367:References
253:Wilsontown
247:Wilsontown
220:Auchengray
212:Wilsontown
182:4 May 1964
77:55°46′33″N
56:Wilsontown
27:Wilsontown
1411:Slamannan
161:Key dates
119:Platforms
80:3°40′40″W
355:See also
325:Terminus
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112:NS948548
63:Scotland
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166:1870
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