Bellahouston railway station

Bellahouston
Bellahouston railway station in 1974
Location
Place Bellahouston
Area Glasgow
Operations
Line G&SWR Paisley Canal Branch
Original company Glasgow and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 July 1885 Opened
1 January 1917 Closed
? reopened
20 September 1954 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Bellahouston railway station was a railway station serving the Bellahouston area of Glasgow, Scotland. The station was originally part of the G&SWR Paisley Canal Branch.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1885[1] and was closed to regular passenger traffic from 1 January 1917[2] although remaining open for workmens' traffic. It had fully reopened by mid-1920[1] and was closed to passengers by the British Transport Commission on 20 September 1954.[2]

Today, part of the line is still operating as the Paisley Canal Line; and a new railway station, Dumbreck, was opened near to the site of Bellahouston station on 28 July 1990.[3]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Corkerhill
Line and Station open		   Glasgow and South Western Railway
Paisley Canal Branch
   Shields
Line partially closed; Station closed
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Paisley Canal Branch
   Shields Road
Line open; Station closed

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

References

  1. 1 2 Quick 2009, p. 80.
  2. 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 32.
  3. ↑ Quick 2009, p. 155.

Coordinates: 55°50′48″N 4°17′56″W / 55.84662°N 4.29883°W / 55.84662; -4.29883


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