Barrhead Central railway station

Barrhead
Location
Place	Barrhead
Area	Renfrewshire
Coordinates	55°48′04″N 4°23′48″W / 55.8010°N 4.3967°WCoordinates: 55°48′04″N 4°23′48″W / 55.8010°N 4.3967°W
Operations
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 October 1902	Opened
1 January 1917	Closed
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Barrhead Central railway station was a railway station serving the town of Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was on the Glasgow and South Western Railway's short-lived Barrhead Branch.

History

The station opened on 1 October 1902,^[1] and closed 1 January 1917.^[1] It was originally part of a circular service that ran from Glasgow St Enoch via Potterhill, Barrhead Central and Pollockshaws before returning to St Enoch.^[2] The circular service was withdrawn on 1 October 1907, however a service still ran here from St Enoch until the station closed.^[2]

Footnotes

1. Butt, page 28
2. Stansfield, page 34

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways, Stenlake Publishing, Catrine. ISBN 1-84033-077-5.