Williamwood railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Williamwood
other_name =
code = WLM


caption = Williamwood in 2007
manager = First ScotRail
locale = Williamwood
borough = East Renfrewshire
latitude = 55.7940
longitude = -4.2899
gridref = NS564580
platforms = 2
pte = SPT
lowusage0405 = 237,627
lowusage0506 = 255,323
original = London Midland and Scottish Railway
years = 9 July 1929
events = Opened
years1 =
events1 =
years2 =
events2 =
years3 =
events3 =
years4 =
events4 =

Williamwood railway station is a railway station serving Williamwood, an area within the suburb of Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and lies on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle Lines.

History

The station was originally opened by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 9 July 1929 on the former Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway. [Butt, page 251]

The station is currently fully operational, with a part time booking office. It is an intermediate station on the Glasgow Central - Neilston line. The railway was electrified in the early 1960s and Class 303 "Blue Train" electric multiple units provided almost all trains services for many years thereafter. Services are now mainly operated by the soon-to-be-replaced Class 314 EMUs.

As a cost saving measure, the three stations south of Williamwood (i.e. Neilston, Patterton and Whitecraigs) were considered for possible closure in 1983 by the Strathclyde PTE, but were reprieved.

References

Notes

ources

*
*

rail line
next = Muirend
previous = Whitecraigs
route = First ScotRail

Cathcart Circle Lines
col = FF80C0
###@@@KEYEND@@@###