Neilston [1st]
Location type
StationNames and dates
Crofthead (1855-1868)Neilston [1st] (1868-1870)
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.Opened on the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway.
Description
This was a terminus. When initially opened the line from Barrhead was single track. The line terminated with a loop and two sets of goods sidings. There was a shed, Neilston Shed.
Springbank Print Works (Calico) was to the west, Crofthead Mill (Cotton) and Neilston Gas Works to the south and Crofthead House to the south west.
On extension of the line it was replaced by Neilston Low just to the south east. The new alignment was made to the north of the original station which was cleared - replacement goods facilities were built at the newer station. Springbank Print Works was demolished to allow the line's extension.
The site of the station has been mostly obliterated by extension of the railway south in 1870 and in a re-alignment of the A736, although a large retaining wall remains next to the former alignment of the road.
Tags
Station terminus
| Nearby stations Neilston Low Neilston Barrhead South Barrhead Central Barrhead New Barrhead Balgray Glenfield Lyoncross Stanely Uplawmoor [1st] Potterhill Uplawmoor [2nd] Nitshill Dykebar | Neilston Shed Neilston Gas Works Crofthead Mill Fereneze Works Arthurlie Cotton and Bleach Works Barrhead Viaduct Shilford Summit Netherton Goods Aurs Burn Viaduct Bayleston Quarry South Arthurlie Print Works Barrhead Gas Works Barrhead Goods Auchenback Siding Tourist/other Barshagra Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| /12/1852 | Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway Closed to passengers. Blackhall, Headlesscross, Crofthead and Longridge [2nd] closed. |
| / /1853 | Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Crofthead extension from Barrhead approved. |
| 08/10/1855 | Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Crofthead extension opened. |
| / /1865 | Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Authorisation of a Caledonian Railway extension from Crofthead to Kilmarnock and the Beith [Town] branch. |
| / /1866 | Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Authorisation of a deviation to the north at Crofthead. |
Books
 An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways |
