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- Lindsay, David M. E. (2002). G&SWR Register of Stations, Routes and Lines. G&SWR Society.
- Article in British Railway Journal No 8 Summer 1985 Wild Swan Publications
- Balchriston site named on navigable O.S. map half way between disused Glenside and Knoweside stations
