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{{TrainStation
| name      = Lyoncross
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| name      = Lyoncross Station
 
| other_name =  
 
| other_name =  
| image_name = 314212 at Lyoncross.jpg
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| image_name = [[File:314212 at Lyoncross.jpg|270px]]
| caption    = [[British Rail Class 314|Class 314]] 314212 passing the site of Lyoncross
 
 
| original  = [[Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway]]
 
| original  = [[Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway]]
 
| pregroup  = [[Caledonian Railway]]
 
| pregroup  = [[Caledonian Railway]]
 
| locale    = Between [[Newton Mearns]] and [[Barrhead]]
 
| locale    = Between [[Newton Mearns]] and [[Barrhead]]
| borough   = [[Renfrewshire]]
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| county   = [[Renfrewshire]]
| latitude  = 55.789685
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{{#display_map: 55.789685,-4.371850|mappingservice=leaflet|zoom=12}}
| longitude  = -4.371850
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| country = Scotland
| platforms = None opened
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|status = Never Constructed
 
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'''Lyoncross railway station''' was intended to be a [[train station|railway station]] between the towns of [[Newton Mearns]] and [[Barrhead]], [[Scotland]] as part of the [[Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway]].
 
'''Lyoncross railway station''' was intended to be a [[train station|railway station]] between the towns of [[Newton Mearns]] and [[Barrhead]], [[Scotland]] as part of the [[Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway]].
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
The station was never finished or opened to passengers. Its location was close to the junction between the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway and the [[Paisley and Barrhead District Railway]] near Balgray Reservoir.<ref name="Wham">Wham (2000)</ref><ref name="google map">{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&t=k&ll=55.78905,-4.374232&spn=0.009627,0.028925&z=15|title= Direct link to google satellite image of location according to Wham}}</ref> The former L&AR line here is still open on the Neilston branch of the [[Cathcart Circle Line]].
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The station was never finished or opened to passengers. Its location was close to the junction between the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway and the [[Paisley and Barrhead District Railway]] near Balgray Reservoir. The former L&AR line here is still open on the Neilston branch of the [[Cathcart Circle Line]].
  
The location of the station can be discerned by the widening of the tracks just east of Aurs Road between Newton Mearns and Barrhead.<ref name="google map" /> The section of track between Barrhead South and Lyoncross was never used.<ref name="Wham" />
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The location of the station can be discerned by the widening of the tracks just east of Aurs Road between Newton Mearns and Barrhead. The section of track between Barrhead South and Lyoncross was never used.
  
== References ==
 
=== Notes ===
 
{{reflist}}
 
 
=== Sources ===
 
* {{Thomas-History-VI}}
 
* {{Wham-SouthGlasgow}}
 
  
 
{{Historical Rail Start}}
 
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|col      = {{Caledonian colour}} |lightcol={{Caledonian light}} }}
 
|col      = {{Caledonian colour}} |lightcol={{Caledonian light}} }}
 
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[[Category:Disused railway stations in East Renfrewshire]]
 

Revision as of 04:10, 18 November 2015

Lyoncross Station
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Country

Scotland

County

Renfrewshire

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Status

Never Constructed


Lyoncross railway station was intended to be a railway station between the towns of Newton Mearns and Barrhead, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

History

The station was never finished or opened to passengers. Its location was close to the junction between the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway and the Paisley and Barrhead District Railway near Balgray Reservoir. The former L&AR line here is still open on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle Line.

The location of the station can be discerned by the widening of the tracks just east of Aurs Road between Newton Mearns and Barrhead. The section of track between Barrhead South and Lyoncross was never used.


Preceding Station Historical Railways Following Station
Neilston
Line and station open
  Caledonian Railway
Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
  Patterton
Line and station open
Barrhead South
Line and station closed
  Caledonian Railway
Paisley and Barrhead District Railway
  Terminus