Barrhead Central railway station

Barrhead
Location
Place Barrhead
Area Renfrewshire
Coordinates 55°48′04″N 4°23′48″W / 55.8010°N 4.3967°WCoordinates: 55°48′04″N 4°23′48″W / 55.8010°N 4.3967°W
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 on the Glasgow and South Western Railway's short-lived Barrhead Branch.

History

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St Enoch via Potterhill, Barrhead Central and Pollockshaws before returning to St Enoch.[2] The circular service was withdrawn on 1 October 1907, however a service still ran here from St Enoch until the station closed.[2]

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Butt, page 28
  2. 2.0 2.1 Stansfield, page 34

References

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