Baillieston

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Baillieston (1993-)

Station code: BIO National Rail ScotRail
Where: Glasgow City, Scotland
Opened on the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Open on the Hamilton Circle.

Description

This is a two platform station. The station opened with the re-opening of the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway) to a local train service in 1993.

The station is west of the original Baillieston [1st] station which closed in 1964.

Just east of the present station was Calderbank Colliery Signal Box where a short branch struck off to the south passing through a tunnel (Calderbank Colliery Tunnel) to serve Calderbank Colliery Pit No 1.

Tags

Station

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map



News items

23/12/2020ScotRail driver reaches fundraising destination [ScotRail]
06/08/2018Network Rail to open £4m Baillieston railway bridge two weeks early [Network Rail]