Whiteinch Riverside railway station
Whiteinch Riverside railway station served the Whiteinch area of the city of Glasgow. It was a two platform station on the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway.
Whiteinch Riverside | |
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Location | Whiteinch, Glasgow Scotland |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway |
Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
10 October 1896 | Opened as Whiteinch[1] |
28 February 1953 | Renamed as Whiteinch Riverside[2] |
5 October 1964 | Closed[1] |
Passenger services
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Whiteinch railway station (above) in 1958 with a Caledonian Railway 264 Class 0-4-0ST locomotive shunting in South Street below on the street level lines which served the shipyards, lairage and granary adjacent to the Clyde.
The station was located in an elevated position and was served by Caledonian Railway passenger trains from Glasgow (Central) via Partick Central and onwards to Dumbarton railway station and Balloch. From January 1923, the service was operated by the London Midland & Scottish Railway.[3]
Routes
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Scotstoun East Line and station closed |
Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway operated by Caledonian Railway |
Crow Road Line and station closed | ||
Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway operated by Caledonian Railway |
Partick West Line and station closed |
References
Notes
- Butt 1995, p. 248.
- Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 455
- Bradshaw 1946, pp. 778-779.
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 978-1-85260-508-7. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Bradshaws Guide to the British Railways. Henry Blacklock & Co. Ltd. August 1946.
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