Kilbarchan railway station

Kilbarchan
The remains of Kilbarchan Station in 2008
Location
Place	Kilbarchan
Area	Renfrewshire
Coordinates	55°49′56″N 4°32′41″W / 55.8322°N 4.5446°W / 55.8322; -4.5446Coordinates: 55°49′56″N 4°32′41″W / 55.8322°N 4.5446°W / 55.8322; -4.5446
Grid reference	NS407628
Operations
Original company	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Platforms	2
History
1 June 1905	Opened
27 June 1966	Closed
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Kilbarchan railway station was a railway station serving the village of Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Dalry and North Johnstone Line on the Glasgow and South Western Railway.

History

The station opened on 1 June 1905,^[1] and closed to passengers on 27 June 1966.^[1] The station was originally an island platform covered by an overhanging glass canopy. Access to the station, was via two glazed brick lined entrance ramps at either end of the platform; one leading to the archway under the green bridges in the village's main thoroughfare High Barholm, and the other leading down to a minor road near the Tandlehill estate. When the station was built, several of the cottages in the street had to be cleared to make way for the station entrance, and the bridges over the street.^[2] The station's platform remains partially intact. However, the trackbed is now part of National Cycle Route 7. Both station passenger entrance ramps were re-opened for access to the cycle route.

Gallery

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  The remaining platform looking south-west.

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  The north western street entrance to the station.

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  The approach to the station from the south-west.

References

Notes

1. 1 2 Butt, p. 131
2. ↑ 'Lost railway lines south of Glasgow' A. Wham 2000

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.