Uplawmoor railway station

This article is about the station 1903–1962. For a different station with the same name from 1962, see Uplawmoor (GB&K) railway station.

Uplawmoor
Uplawmoor station site in 2007
General information
Location	Uplawmoor, Renfrewshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°45′49″N4°29′28″W / 55.7635°N 4.4910°W / 55.7635; -4.4910
Grid reference	NS437550
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1 May 1903	Opened [1]
1 January 1917	Closed
2 March 1919	Reopened
2 April 1962	Closed to regular services

Uplawmoor railway station was a railway station serving the village of Uplawmoor, East Renfrewshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

History

The station opened on 1 May 1903. ^[1] It closed between 1 January 1917 and 2 March 1919 due to wartime economy, ^[1] and closed permanently to passengers and freight on 2 April 1962. ^{[1] [2]} Upon closure, the nearby station Caldwell took on the name 'Uplawmoor'.

Although the station was closed to regular passengers, in 1964 the Royal Train was stabled here overnight during a visit to the area by the Queen Mother. ^[3]

Sidings ran to the Shillford Quarry that was located to the east of the station within Uplawmoor Wood.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Lugton High Line and station closed		Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway		Neilston Line closed; station open

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  Station site in 2007, looking towards Neilston
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  Station site in 2009, looking towards Lugton High
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  The railway alignment looking towards Neilston

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), p. 237
2. Stansfield (1999), p. 41
3. "Royal Train visits Uplawmoor in 1964".

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.
• Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN   1-8403-3077-5.

External links

• Video footage of Uplawmoor Station ruins