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- ↑ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 474. OCLC 931112387.
- ↑ "RAILSCOT - Kirkintilloch Basin". Railscot. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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