Uplawmoor (L&A) Railway Station
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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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History
The station opened on 1 May 1903.<ref name="Butt">Butt (1995), page 237</ref> It closed between 1 January 1917 and 2 March 1919 due to wartime economy,<ref name="Butt" /> and closed permanently to passengers and freight on 2 April 1962.<ref name="Butt" /><ref>Stansfield (1999), page 41</ref> Upon closure, the 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.<ref>"Royal Train visits Uplawmoor in 1964".</ref>
Sidings ran to the Shillford Quarry that was located to the east of the station within Uplawmoor Wood.
| Preceding Station | Historical Railways | Following Station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lugton High Line and station closed |
Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway |
Neilston Line closed; station open | ||
Station site in 2007, looking towards Neilston
Station site in 2009, looking towards Lugton High
The railway alignment looking towards Neilston
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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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
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