Maryville railway station

Maryville railway station (NS687620)[1][3] was opened in 1878 at Maryville, a small community in the Uddingston area to the south-east of Glasgow, Scotland on the old Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway between Shettleston and Hamilton. Clydeside and Bredisholm collieries were also served by the station.

Maryville
Location
PlaceUddingston
AreaGlasgow
Coordinates55.8335°N 4.0975°W / 55.8335; -4.0975
Operations
Original companyNorth British Railway
Platforms2
History
1 April 1878Opened as Maryville[1]
1 February 1908Closed[1]
4 October 1964Line closed to freight[2]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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History
Map of the GBH&CR before Calderpark Halt was opened.

The station was opened by the North British Railway to serve the Maryville area and its collieries in 1878[2] on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway route.[4] The route was later known as the London and North Eastern Railway's Hamilton Branch. The line was closed to passengers in 1955 and to freight traffic on 4 October 1964.[4][2] Passenger trains continued to run to Bothwell until 4 July 1955.

Infrastructure

A signalbox stood at the west end of the station with its two platforms and a pedestrian footbridge on the double track line. The main station buildings with the ticket office and waiting room on the southern side together with a shelter on the northern side. Road access was provided on both sides of the station.[5] The signalbox was replaced by a ground frame in 1940, controlling the access to a short branch to Clydeside and a 1-mile 8 chain branch to Bredisholm collieries.[6][2] In 1910 Maryville is no longer present, the northern platform having been replaced by three sidings and later four, entered from the west where the signal box is located.[7] Uddingston West station stood close by, just to the east.

Remains on site

The Maryville motorway interchange (M73 / M74) runs across much of the old station site (its location was almost exactly at the junction from the A74 leading to the southbound M74).

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Calderpark   North British Railway
Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway		   Uddingston West
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References

Notes
  1. Butt (1995), page 156
  2. RailScot - Maryville
  3. Wignal (1983), Page 44
  4. RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
  5. Lanarkshire Sheet XI.NE (includes: Bothwell; Old Monkland). Publication date:1899. Date revised:1897.
  6. Official railway map of the Edinburgh and Glasgow district. West sheet
  7. Lanarkshire Sheet XI.NE (includes:Bothwell;Old Monkland). Publication date:1914. Date revised:1910.

Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • "RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway". Retrieved 4 September 2011.


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