Uplawmoor (GB&K) railway station

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Uplawmoor
Location
Location	Uplawmoor
Area	Renfrewshire
Operations
Original company	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping company	Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Platforms	2
History
Key dates	Opened 27 March 1871
	Closed 7 November 1966
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z
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For the station on the former Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway see Uplawmoor (L&A) railway station.

Uplawmoor railway station was a railway station near the village of Uplawmoor, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.

[edit] History

The station opened on 27 March 1871 as Caldwell. The station spend most of its existence as this name, and was only renamed to Uplawmoor upon the closure of the station with the same name on the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 2 April 1962. The station closed permanently on 7 November 1966.

Today the line is still open as part of the Glasgow South Western Line, although the station is long gone.

[edit] References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford.

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Lugton Line and station closed		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways  Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway		Neilston Low Line and station closed