Mount Vernon North railway station

Mount Vernon North
Location
Place Mount Vernon
Area Glasgow
Coordinates 55°50′43″N 4°08′27″W / 55.8454°N 4.1409°W / 55.8454; -4.1409Coordinates: 55°50′43″N 4°08′27″W / 55.8454°N 4.1409°W / 55.8454; -4.1409
Operations
Original company Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Platforms 2
History
1883 Opened as Mount Vernon[1]
1 January 1917 Closed[1]
2 June 1919 Re-opened[1]
September 1952 Renamed as Mount Vernon North[1]
4 July 1955 Closed[1]
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Mount Vernon railway station served the Mount Vernon area of Glasgow, Scotland on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway between Shettleston and Hamilton.

History

Mount Vernon was opened 1883[1] on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway.[2] It was closed as a wartime economy measure between 1917 and 1919.[1] Following nationalisation the station was renamed as Mount Vernon North to avoid confusion with the nearby Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway station of the same name. Mount Vernon North was closed on 4 July 1955.[1] The line closed to freight traffic on 4 October 1964.[2]

Services

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Shettleston   North British Railway
Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
   Broomhouse

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Butt (1995), page 165
  2. 1 2 RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway

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.
  • "RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway". Retrieved 4 September 2011.


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