Bellahouston railway station

Bellahouston
Bellahouston railway station in 1974
Location
Place Glasgow
Area Lanarkshire
Operations
Original company G&SWR Paisley Canal Branch
Pre-grouping Glasgow and South Western 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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For the Bellahouston station on the former Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway see Ibrox railway station.

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

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.[1]

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

References

  1. ^ a b c Butt (1995). page 32
  2. ^ Quick, Michael (2009). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5.