Singer
Location type
StationName and dates
Singer (1907-)Station code: SIN National Rail ScotRail
Where: West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Opened on the Singer Deviation (North British Railway).
Description
This was a two platform station with waiting rooms on the platforms and a booking office on Kilbowie Road to the east.
To enable expansion of the Singer Works the route of the former Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway was closed and the Singer Deviation (North British Railway) opened further north with the new Singer station.
The works was immediately to the south of the station and was served both by the station and Kilbowie Road, on the original alignment, which became a private multi platform terminus.
Tags
Station deviationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
12/03/2018
Dates
| 01/09/1913 | Glasgow and Milngavie Junction RailwayGlasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway Westerton station opened at the junction of the Milngavie line with the Singer line. Westerton Garden Suburb was being established in what was previously farmland to the north of the line. |
