Douglas West railway station served the village of Douglas West, South Lanarkshire in Scotland between 1896 and 1964.
The railway line between Happendon (then called Douglas) and Muirkirk was built by the Lanark Railway, and it opened for goods on 1 January 1873; passenger services were introduced on 1 June 1874.
[1] The Muirkirk and Lesmahagow Junction Railway (M&LJR), which was a line 2+1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) long connecting the Lanark Railway at Poneil Junction with the Lesmahagow Railway at Alton Heights Junction, opened for goods on 2 April 1883; passenger services being introduced in 1894.
Passenger services over the former M&LJR line were withdrawn on 11 September 1939.
[2] The station was closed by British Railways on 5 October 1964.