Bowling railway station (Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway)

Bowling railway station was a railway station located in the village of Bowling, Scotland, on the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway.

Bowling
Platform looking east
General information
LocationBowling, West Dunbartonshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°55′56″N 4°29′21″W / 55.9321°N 4.4892°W / 55.9321; -4.4892
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1896[1]Opened
1 January 1917[1]Closed
1 February 1919[1]Reopened
5 February 1951[1]Closed
Structure below platform

Bowling station was closed in 1951 before this section of the L&DR was abandoned in 1960 (the parallel GH&DR being retained and electrified as part of the North Clyde electrification scheme). The trackbed through Bowling now forms a footpath and cycleway, part of National Cycle Network Route 7.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Old Kilpatrick
Line and station closed
  Caledonian Railway
Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
  Dumbarton East
Station open; line partially open
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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Butt 1995, p. 41.

Sources

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  • Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
  • 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.
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