Bowling railway station (Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway)

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Bowling
Bowling (L&D) Platform.jpeg
Platform looking east
General information
Location Bowling, West Dunbartonshire
Scotland
Coordinates 55°55′56″N4°29′21″W / 55.9321°N 4.4892°W / 55.9321; -4.4892
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1896 [1] Opened
1 January 1917 [1] Closed
1 February 1919 [1] Reopened
5 February 1951 [1] Closed
Structure below platform Bowling-L&D-station.jpg
Structure below platform

Bowling railway station was a railway station located in the village of Bowling, Scotland, on the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway.

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Bowling station was closed in 1951 before this section of the L&DR was abandoned in 1960 (the parallel GH&DR being retained and electrified as part of the North Clyde electrification scheme). The trackbed through Bowling now forms a footpath and cycleway, part of National Cycle Network Route 7.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Old Kilpatrick
Line and station closed
  Caledonian Railway
Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
  Dumbarton East
Station open; line partially open

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