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Lyoncross railway station

Coordinates: 55°47′23″N 4°22′19″W / 55.789685°N 4.371850°W / 55.789685; -4.371850
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Lyoncross
Class 314 314212 passing the site of Lyoncross
General information
LocationBetween Newton Mearns and Barrhead, Renfrewshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°47′23″N 4°22′19″W / 55.789685°N 4.371850°W / 55.789685; -4.371850
PlatformsNone opened
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway

Lyoncross railway station was intended to be a railway station between the towns of Newton Mearns and Barrhead, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

History

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The station was never finished or opened to passengers. Its location was close to the junction between the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway and the Paisley and Barrhead District Railway near Balgray Reservoir.[1][2] The former L&AR line here is still open on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle Line.

The location of the station can be discerned by the widening of the tracks just east of Aurs Road between Newton Mearns and Barrhead.[2] The section of track between Barrhead South and Lyoncross was never used.[1]

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Wham (2000)
  2. ^ a b "Direct link to google satellite image of location according to Wham".

Sources

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  • Thomas, John (1971). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. VI Scotland: The Lowlands and the Borders (1st ed.). Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5408-6. OCLC 16198685.
  • Thomas, John; Paterson, Rev A. J. S. (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. VI Scotland: The Lowlands and the Borders (2nd ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-9465-3712-7. OCLC 12521072.
  • Wham, Alasdair (2000). The Lost Railway Lines South of Glasgow. Wigtown: G.C. Book Publishers. ISBN 1-8723-5008-9.
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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Neilston
Line and station open
  Caledonian Railway
Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
  Patterton
Line and station open
Barrhead South
Line and station closed
  Caledonian Railway
Paisley and Barrhead District Railway
  Terminus