Whitecraigs

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Whitecraigs (1903-)

Station code: WCR National Rail ScotRail
Where: East Renfrewshire, Scotland
Opened on the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.
Open on the Neilston Line.

Description

This is one of the finest stations in the Greater Glasgow area. It is a two platform station. The main station building on the up platform still stands. Unfortunately the down platform building and signal box, opened with the station, have not survived.

Because the station has been adopted the station is well maintained and has plants and baskets adorning the platforms.

The goods yard is now a station car park. This was on the south side, approached from the west and above the station.

The signal boxes at Patterton and Whitecraigs closed in 1961, the section taken over jointly by the boxes at Neilston High and Muirend.

Tags

Station




Chronology Dates

01/05/1903Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Giffen Junction to Cathcart opened for passengers. Lugton [CR], Uplawmoor [1st], Neilston, Patterton, Whitecraigs station opened.

News items

05/01/2012Whitecraigs named top station in Scotland [Railscot]
20/02/2009Green fingered Glaswegian rewarded for station makeover [The Glaswegian]

Books


Forgotten Railways: Scotland