Kirkintilloch railway station

For Kirkintilloch Junction railway station, see Lenzie railway station.
Kirkintilloch
Location
Place Scotland
Area Kirkintilloch
Coordinates 55°56′28″N 4°09′11″W / 55.941°N 4.153°W / 55.941; -4.153Coordinates: 55°56′28″N 4°09′11″W / 55.941°N 4.153°W / 55.941; -4.153
Operations
Original company Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 2
History
5 July 1858 Station opens.[1]
7 September 1964 Station closes.[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Kirkintilloch railway station served part of Kirkintilloch in Scotland. The station was constructed by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, which became part of the North British Railway.

History

Opened by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, the station passed to the North British Railway in 1858, the London and North Eastern Railway in the 1923 Grouping, and then to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board in September 1964.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Back O'Loch Halt
From 1925 to line closure
  Campsie Branch
North British Railway
  Milton of Campsie
Station closed, Line closed
Lenzie
Station open, Line closed
  Campsie Branch
North British Railway
  Milton of Campsie
Station closed, Line closed
  Kelvin Valley Railway
North British Railway
  Twechar
Station closed, Line closed

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Butt (1995).

Sources


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