Maryville railway station
Maryville | |
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Location | Uddingston, Glasgow Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°50′01″N 4°05′51″W / 55.8335°N 4.0975°WCoordinates: 55°50′01″N 4°05′51″W / 55.8335°N 4.0975°W |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | North British Railway |
Key dates | |
1 April 1878 | Opened as Maryville[1] |
1 February 1908 | Closed[1] |
4 October 1964 | Line closed to freight[2] |
Maryville railway station (NS687620)[1][3] was opened in 1878 at Maryville, a small community in the Uddingston area to the south-east of Glasgow, Scotland on the old Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway between Shettleston and Hamilton. Clydeside and Bredisholm collieries were also served by the station.
History[]
The station was opened by the North British Railway to serve the Maryville area and its collieries in 1878[2] on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway route.[4] The route was later known as the London and North Eastern Railway's Hamilton Branch. The line was closed to passengers in 1955 and to freight traffic on 4 October 1964.[4][2] Passenger trains continued to run to Bothwell until 4 July 1955.
Infrastructure[]
A signalbox stood at the west end of the station with its two platforms and a pedestrian footbridge on the double track line. The main station buildings with the ticket office and waiting room on the southern side together with a shelter on the northern side. Road access was provided on both sides of the station.[5] The signalbox was replaced by a ground frame in 1940, controlling the access to a short branch to Clydeside and a 1-mile 8 chain branch to Bredisholm collieries.[6][2] In 1910 Maryville is no longer present, the northern platform having been replaced by three sidings and later four, entered from the west where the signal box is located.[7] Uddingston West station stood close by, just to the east.
Remains on site[]
The Maryville motorway interchange (M73 / M74) runs across much of the old station site (its location was almost exactly at the junction from the A74 leading to the southbound M74).
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Calderpark | North British Railway Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway |
Uddingston West |
References[]
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Butt (1995), page 156
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d RailScot - Maryville
- ^ Wignal (1983), Page 44
- ^ Jump up to: a b RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
- ^ Lanarkshire Sheet XI.NE (includes: Bothwell; Old Monkland). Publication date:1899. Date revised:1897.
- ^ Official railway map of the Edinburgh and Glasgow district. West sheet
- ^ Lanarkshire Sheet XI.NE (includes:Bothwell;Old Monkland). Publication date:1914. Date revised:1910.
Sources[]
- Butt, R. V. J. (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.
- 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.
- "RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway". Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- Disused railway stations in North Lanarkshire
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1883
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1908
- Bothwell and Uddingston
- Scotland railway station stubs