Whifflet Upper railway station

Whifflet Upper
Whifflet Upper
	The site of the station in 2013
General information
Location	Whifflet, North Lanarkshire; Scotland
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway; British Railways (Scottish Region)
Key dates
1 June 1886	Opened as Whifflet High Level
1 January 1917	Closed
1 March 1919	Reopened
7 November 1953	Name changed to Whifflet Upper
5 October 1964	Closed

Whifflet Upper railway station served the village of Whifflet, North Lanarkshire, Scotland from 1886 to 1964 on the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway.

History

The station opened as Whifflet High Level on 1 June 1886 by the Caledonian Railway. To the southeast was Whifflet High Level signal box. The station closed on 1 January 1917 but reopened in March 1919. The station's name was changed to Whifflet Upper on 7 November 1953. It closed on 5 October 1964.^[1] The signal box closed in 1965. Most of the station has been demolished today.^[2]

References

^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 425. OCLC 931112387.
^ "RAILSCOT - Whifflet Upper". Railscot. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

External links

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Calder Line and station closed		Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway		Langloan Line and station closed

55°51′22″N 4°01′19″W / 55.8560°N 4.0219°W / 55.8560; -4.0219

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[1] Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 425. OCLC 931112387.

[WhiffletUpperStationInfo-2] "RAILSCOT - Whifflet Upper". Railscot. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

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