Back O'Loch Halt railway station

Back O'Loch Halt railway station on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway built Campsie Branch served part of Kirkintilloch in Scotland.

Back O'Loch Halt
Location
Place	Scotland
Area	Kirkintilloch
Coordinates	55.934°N 4.151°W / 55.934; -4.151
Operations
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
1925	Station opens[1]
7 September 1964	Station closes[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

History

Opened by the London and North Eastern Railway to counter growing road competition, the timber built station passed to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was then closed by the British Railways Board on 7 September 1964.[1]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Lenzie		London and North Eastern Railway Campsie Branch		Kirkintilloch

The site today

The station site was still visible but all traces have been removed as a result of the construction of the Kirkintilloch link road which is due to open in late 2010. At this section the link road follows the route of the Campsie Branch and utilises much of the original cuttings and embankments.

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 23

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.
• Back O'Loch Halt on navigable 1946 O. S. map The southerly of the two Kirkintilloch stations
• Back O' Loch Halt on Geograph
• "RAILSCOT Back O' Loch Halt".
• Photographs of Campsie Branch including the halt