Johnstone North railway station

Johnstone North
Location
Place	Johnstone
Area	Renfrewshire
Coordinates	55°50′24″N 4°30′51″W / 55.8399°N 4.5143°W / 55.8399; -4.5143Coordinates: 55°50′24″N 4°30′51″W / 55.8399°N 4.5143°W / 55.8399; -4.5143
Grid reference	NS426636
Operations
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 June 1905	Opened
7 March 1955	Closed
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Johnstone North railway station was a railway station serving the town of Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland as part of the Dalry and North Johnstone Line on the Glasgow and South Western Railway.

History

The station opened on 1 June 1905.^[1] An earlier terminus station, also called Johnstone North, on the Paisley Canal Line had operated nearby in 1885, but the opening of the Kilbarchan Loop made it redundant and so this station was built as a replacement. The station closed to passengers on 7 March 1955.^[1]

To the east of the station was Cart Junction with the Bridge of Weir Railway, and onwards to the triangular junction with the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.

The overbridge to the west of the station was removed as part of the construction associated with the Johnstone and Kilbarchan bypass (A737 road) in the late 1990s. In 2007 the site was flattened to make way for a new Morrisons Superstore.

References

Notes

1. 1 2 Butt, p. 129

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. 
• 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.