Mount Vernon North railway station

Not to be confused with Mount Vernon 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°WCoordinates: 55°50′43″N 4°08′27″W / 55.8454°N 4.1409°W
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, although it had closed six years earlier. Mount Vernon North was closed three years later 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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Butt (1995), page 165
  2. 2.0 2.1 RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway

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