Balgray railway station

Balgray
General information
Location	Barrhead, East Renfrewshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°47′13″N4°22′53″W / 55.7870°N 4.3815°W / 55.7870; -4.3815
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Line(s)	Cathcart Circle Lines
Platforms	2
Location

Balgray railway station is a railway station, under construction as of 2025, that will serve communities to the south of Barrhead (particularly Springhill and Auchenback) on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle Lines. ^[1] The name of the new station was chosen as the station will be located next to Balgray Reservoir, part of the Dams to Darnley Country Park.

A plan to open this station was announced by Network Rail on 23 November 2023. ^[2] Funding for the station will come from the Glasgow City Region City Deal, and delivered in partnership with East Renfrewshire Council.

A planned railway station, Lyoncross railway station, was partially built on the line close to the location but never opened to the public. The intended location of the station can be discerned by the widening of the tracks just east of Aurs Road between Newton Mearns and Barrhead.

Another disused station, Barrhead South railway station on the Paisley and Barrhead District Railway was also located nearby.

Construction

In October of 2023, preparatory work (outline design, ground and site investigations) took place with the Final Business Case being submitted to City Deal Cabinet in August 2024 and approved in September 2024. ^[3] On 22 July 2025 ground was broken on the construction of the new station. ^{[4] [5]} A new bus turning circle and stop have already been delivered as part of the project on Springfield Road by East Renfrewshire Council. ^[4]

Facilities

The new station is to include:

• Bus turning circle for new bus routes
• 80 Space car park with 10 electric vehicle charging points ^[4]
• Active travel links such as park and ride, cycling routes, bus routes and many more.
• Direct connection to Dams to Darnley Country Park. ^[6]

Services

Balgray will be an intermediate station on the Glasgow Central — Neilston line.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Neilston		ScotRail Cathcart Circle Lines		Patterton

References

1. "New station on track for Balgray". Network Rail Media Centre. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
2. Hakimian, Rob (12 September 2024). "£18.3M Balgray station in East Renfrewshire given go ahead". New Civil Engineer. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
3. "BALGRAY STATION". Scotland's Railway. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
4. "Breaking ground on Barrhead's new £18.3m Balgray station". Network Rail. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
5. "Work starts on new £18m train station in Barrhead". BBC News. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
6. "Balgray station". Scotlands Railway. Retrieved 25 November 2023.