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Uplawmoor (GBandK) railway station

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Place
  
Uplawmoor

Grid reference
  
NS428550

2 April 1962
  
Renamed Uplawmoor

Area
  
East Renfrewshire

27 March 1871
  
Opened as Caldwell

Platforms in use
  
2

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Pre-grouping
  
Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways

Original company
  
Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway

Uplawmoor railway station was a railway station near the village of Uplawmoor, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.

History

The station opened on 27 March 1871 as Caldwell. The station spent most of its existence as this name, and was only renamed to Uplawmoor upon the closure of the station with the same name on the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 2 April 1962. The station closed permanently on 7 November 1966.

The Neilston Curling Club members enjoyed concessions granted by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Company for members and their curling stones to travel between Neilston and Caldwell stations and return for the cost of the single journey. A key for the clubhouse was also kept at the then Caldwell station.

In 1966 the station was temporarily renamed 'Tannochbrae' for an episode of Dr. Finlay's Casebook.

Today the line is still open as part of the Glasgow South Western Line, with the original station building still standing as a private residence. Many local campaigns to re-open the station have come and gone without success.

References

Uplawmoor (GB&K) railway station Wikipedia