Bellahouston railway station

For the Bellahouston station on the former Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway, see Ibrox railway station.

Bellahouston
Bellahouston station in 1974.
General information
Location	Bellahouston, Glasgow Scotland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1 July 1885	Opened
1 January 1917	Closed
1920s	Reopened
20 September 1954	Closed

Bellahouston railway station was a railway station serving the Bellahouston area of Glasgow, Scotland. The station was originally part of the G&SWR Paisley Canal Branch.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1885^[1] and was closed to regular passenger traffic from 1 January 1917^[2] although remaining open for workmen's traffic. It had fully reopened by mid-1920^[1] and was closed to passengers by the British Transport Commission on 20 September 1954.^[2]

Today, part of the line is still operating as the Paisley Canal Line; and a new railway station, Dumbreck, was opened near to the site of Bellahouston station on 28 July 1990.^[3]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Corkerhill Line and Station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway Paisley Canal Branch		Shields Line partially closed; Station closed
		Glasgow and South Western Railway Paisley Canal Branch		Shields Road Line open; Station closed
Bellahouston Park Halt Line open, station closed		London, Midland and Scottish Railway Paisley Canal line		Glasgow Central Line and station open

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

References

1. Quick 2009, p. 80.
2. Butt 1995, p. 32.
3. Quick 2009, p. 155.

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