Barrhead Central railway station

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Barrhead
Location
Location	Barrhead
Area	Renfrewshire
Coordinates	55°48′04″N 4°23′48″W / 55.8010, -4.3967Coordinates: 55°48′04″N 4°23′48″W / 55.8010, -4.3967
Operations
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 October 1902	Opened
1 January 1917	Closed
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Barrhead Central railway station was a railway station serving the town of Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway's shortlived Barrhead Branch.

[edit] History

The station opened on 1 October 1902,^[1] and closed 1 January 1917.^[1] This station was originally part of a circular service that ran from Glasgow St Enoch via Potterhill, Barrhead Central and Pollockshaws before returning to St Enoch.^[2] The circular service was withdrawn on 1 October 1907, however a service still ran here from St Enoch until the station closed.^[2]

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} Butt, page 28
2. ^ ^{a b} Stansfield, page 34

[edit] References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways, Stenlake Publishing, Catrine. ISBN 1-84033-077-5.

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Terminus		Glasgow and South Western Railway  Barrhead Branch		Potterhill Line and station closed
		Glasgow and South Western Railway  Barrhead Branch		Nitshill Line closed, station open