Williamwood railway station

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Williamwood

Williamwood in 2007

Location

Place

Williamwood

Local authority

East Renfrewshire

Coordinates

55°47′38″N 4°17′24″W / 55.7940, -4.2899Coordinates: 55°47′38″N 4°17′24″W / 55.7940, -4.2899

Grid reference

NS564580

Operations

Station code

WLM

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

237,627

2005/06 *

255,323

Passenger Transport Executive

PTE

SPT

History

1 May 1903

Opened

1 January 1917

Closed

1 February 1919

Re-opened

2 June 1924

Renamed Neilston High

6 May 1974

Renamed Neilston

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Williamwood from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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

1 History
2 References
3 Sources
4 External links

[edit] History

The station was originally opened by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 9 July 1929 on the former Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.^[1]

The station is currently fully operational, with a part time booking office.

[edit] References

^ Butt, page 251

[edit] 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, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.