Uplawmoor (L&A) railway station
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| Uplawmoor | |
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| Uplawmoor station site in 2007 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Uplawmoor |
| Area | Renfrewshire |
| Coordinates | 55°45′49″N 4°29′28″W / 55.763553°N 4.491020°WCoordinates: 55°45′49″N 4°29′28″W / 55.763553°N 4.491020°W |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1 May 1903 | Opened[1] |
| 1 January 1917 | Closed |
| 1 February 1919 | Reopened |
| 2 April 1962 | Closed to regular services |
| 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-V W-Z |
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- For the station on the former Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway see Uplawmoor (GB&K) railway station.
Uplawmoor railway station was a railway station serving the village of Uplawmoor, East Renfrewshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.
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[edit] History
The station opened on 1 May 1903.[1] It closed between 1 January 1917 and 2 March 1919 due to wartime economy,[1] and closed permanently to passengers and freight on 2 April 1962.[1][2] Upon closure, nearby station Caldwell took on the name 'Uplawmoor'.
Although the station was closed to regular passengers, in 1964 the Royal Train was stabled here overnight during a visit to the area by the Queen Mother.[3]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Lugton High Line and station closed |
Caledonian Railway |
Neilston Line closed; station open |
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 Site in 2007, looking towards Neilston. |
 Site in 2009, looking towards Lugton High. |
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 237
- ^ Stansfield (1999), page 41
- ^ "Royal Train visits Uplawmoor in 1964". http://www.barrhead-scotland.com/neilston/royal.htm.
[edit] Sources
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5.
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