Clarkston railway station
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History
The station was opened by the Busby Railway on 1 January 1866.[1] Services were subsequently extended through to East Kilbride by the Caledonian Railway two years later and eventually to High Blantyre (on the Hamilton and Strathaven Railway), though the section beyond East Kilbride later closed in the 1940s. A further pair of connections to the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway (now the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle) were subsequently constructed between Clarkston and Giffnock stations around 1903-4 by the latter company, though only the south to west connection saw regular traffic and even then for just a few months.
There were historically two small spur sections of railway at Clarkston, one connecting to a large building where Clarkston's main row of shops was later constructed, and another to a goods yard, which was later converted into the Goods Yard Car Park.
Proposals put forward by British Rail in the early 1980s would have seen the former south to east curve reinstated to allow East Kilbride trains to be re-routed via Template:Rws, Template:Rws and Template:Rws to Glasgow Central. The scheme would have seen the branch electrified but the section between the curve and Busby Junction would have been closed, including Template:Rws and Template:Rws stations. The plans were not well received and were eventually dropped.[2]
Between January and May 2025, the railway line, including Clarkston, was closed as part of £140 million works to electrify the line. As part of the project, a replacement footbridge was installed at Clarkston, alongside a new pedestrian access route to the Goods Yard Car Park.[3]
Services
The station has a half-hourly service in each direction (including Sundays) to Glasgow Central and East Kilbride.[4]
| Preceding station | National Rail National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Busby | style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | ScotRail East Kilbride–Glasgow Central line |
style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Giffnock |
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| Busby Line and station open |
Caledonian Railway Busby Railway |
Giffnock Line and station open | ||
References
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Footnotes
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- ↑ "Trans-Clyde Rail Map 1979"Urban Glasgow - Glasgow from the Past forum; Retrieved 31 August 2016
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- RAILSCOT on Busby Railway
External links
- Historical timetables, maps and satellite imagery for Clarkston railway station. See Timetable World - The online collection of historical transport timetables and maps from around the worldScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
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- Railway stations in East Renfrewshire
- SPT railway stations
- Railway stations served by ScotRail
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866
- Former Caledonian Railway stations
- 1866 establishments in Scotland
- Clarkston, East Renfrewshire