Uplawmoor (L&A) railway station

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Uplawmoor
Uplawmoor station site in 2007
Location
Location	Uplawmoor
Area	Renfrewshire
Operations
Original company	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 May 1903	Opened
1 January 1917	Closed
1 February 1919	Reopened
2 April 1962	Closed to regular services
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For the station on the former Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway see Uplawmoor (GB&K) railway station.

Uplawmoor railway station was a railway station serving the village of Uplawmoor, East Renfrewshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

[edit] History

The station opened on 1 May 1903.^[1] It closed between 1 January 1917 and 2 March 1919 due to wartime economy,^[1] and closed permanently to passengers and freight on 2 April 1962.^[1][2] Upon closure, nearby station Caldwell took on the name 'Uplawmoor'.

Although the station was closed to regular passengers, in 1964 the Royal Train was stabled here overnight during a visit to the area by the Queen Mother.^[3]

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Butt, page 237
2. ^ Stansfield, page 41
3. ^ Royal Train visits Uplawmoor in 1964.

[edit] References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways, Stenlake Publishing, Catrine. ISBN 1-84033-077-5.

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Lugton High Line and station closed		Caledonian Railway  Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway		Neilston Line closed; station open

Coordinates: 55.763553° N 4.491020° W