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- ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 211. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ↑ Lindsay, David (2009). North British Railway Register of Station Routes and Lines. Edinburgh: North British Railway Study Group. p. 9.
