Uplawmoor (GB&K) railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Uplawmoor
other_name=


caption = The site of Uplawmoor in 2007. Station building is on the distant right.
line = Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
manager = Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
locale = Uplawmoor
borough = East Renfrewshire
latitude = 55.7636
longitude = -4.5054
gridref = NS428550
years = 27 March 1871
events = Opened as Caldwell
years1 = 2 April 1962
events1 = Renamed Uplawmoor
years2 = 7 November 1966
events2 = Closed to passengers
platforms = 2|:"For the station on the former Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway see Uplawmoor (L&A) railway station."

Uplawmoor railway station was a railway station near the village of Uplawmoor, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.

History

The station opened on 27 March 1871 as Caldwell. [Butt, page 51] The station spend most of its existence as this name, and was only renamed to Uplawmoor upon the closure of the station with the same name on the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 2 April 1962.Butt, page 237] The station closed permanently on 7 November 1966.

Today the line is still open as part of the Glasgow South Western Line, with the original station building still standing as a private residence. Many local campaigns to re-open the station have come and gone without success.

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