Barrhead Central railway station

Barrhead
General information
Location	Barrhead, Renfrewshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°48′04″N4°23′48″W / 55.8010°N 4.3967°W / 55.8010; -4.3967
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Closed
History
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Key dates
1 October 1902	Opened
1 January 1917	Closed
Location

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 Pollokshaws West railway station 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 ^[2] The circular service was withdrawn on 1 October 1907, however a service still ran here from St Enoch until the station closed.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.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Terminus		Glasgow and South Western Railway Barrhead Branch		Potterhill Line and station closed
		Glasgow and South Western Railway Barrhead Branch		Nitshill Line closed, station open