Whiteinch Riverside railway station

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Whiteinch Riverside
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Location
Place Whiteinch
Area Glasgow
Operations
Original company Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 2
History
10 October 1896 Opened as Whiteinch[1]
5 October 1964 Renamed as Whiteinch Riverside[1]
5 October 1964 Closed[1]
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Whiteinch Riverside railway station served the Whiteinch area of the city of Glasgow. It was a two platform station on the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway.

Passenger services

File:LMS CR 0-4-0ST 56039 Whiteinch 1.9.58 edited-2.jpg
Whiteinch railway station (above) in 1958 with a Caledonian Railway 264 Class 0-4-0ST locomotive shunting in South Street below on the street level lines which served the shipyards, lairage and granary adjacent to the Clyde.

The station was located in an elevated position and was served by Caledonian Railway passenger trains from Glasgow (Central) via Partick Central and onwards to Dumbarton railway station and Balloch. From January 1923, the service was operated by the London Midland & Scottish Railway.[2]

Routes

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Scotstoun East
Line and station closed
  Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
operated by Caledonian Railway
  Crow Road
Line and station closed
  Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
operated by Caledonian Railway
  Partick West
Line and station closed

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Butt 1995, p. 248.
  2. Bradshaw 1946, pp. 778-779.

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