Bowling | |
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![]() Platform looking east | |
General information | |
Location | Bowling, West Dunbartonshire Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°55′56″N4°29′21″W / 55.9321°N 4.4892°W |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
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 |
Bowling railway station was a railway station located in the village of Bowling, Scotland, on the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway.
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 | ||
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Old Kilpatrick Line and station closed | Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway | Dumbarton East Station open; line partially open |
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