Uddingston East

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Uddingston [NB] (1878-1952)
Uddingston East (1953-1955)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Opened on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway.

Description

This station was just to the south of the cross over Uddingston Junction of the Caledonian Railway. The station had a goods yard and two platforms. Being one of the larger stations on the line, and the original NB Uddingston station, it had a station building on the northbound platform and shelter on the southbound. The signal box (1900) was located at the north end of the station. Closed to passengers in 1955, when the box became a ground frame, closed to goods 6th June 1961.

The site is now a small park and Mansfield Drive. To the south the trackbed towards Bothwell Junction remains intact as a longitudinal park.

North of the M74 was a connection to Viewpark Colliery which was served from the Shettleston direction.

Tags

Station
06/07/2020




Chronology Dates

12/04/1900Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
Uddingston East signal box opened.
28/02/1953Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
Uddingston [NB] re-named Uddingston East.
10/07/1955Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
Uddingston East signal box reduced to a ground frame.

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Forgotten Railways: Scotland