Williamwood railway station

Williamwood
Scottish Gaelic: Coille Uilleim
Williamwood in 2007
Location
Place	Giffnock
Local authority	East Renfrewshire
Coordinates	55°47′39″N 4°17′22″W / 55.7942°N 4.2894°WCoordinates: 55°47′39″N 4°17′22″W / 55.7942°N 4.2894°W
Grid reference	NS564580
Operations
Station code	WLM
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.238 million
2005/06	0.255 million
2006/07	0.224 million
2007/08	0.215 million
2008/09	0.224 million
2009/10	0.224 million
2010/11	0.233 million
2011/12	0.244 million
2012/13	0.245 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
Zone	G4
History
Original company	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
9 July 1929	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Williamwood from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Williamwood railway station is a railway station in the Williamwood area of the town of Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle Lines. The line here forms the boundary which separates Clarkston and Giffnock.

Facilities

There is waiting room within the ticket office for passengers travelling towards Neilston and a waiting room and a shelter on the oppostite platform for passengers travelling towards Glasgow Central. Additionally, there is a Metro newspaper dispenser. At present, there is no access for disabled people as both entrances have significant numbers of steps.

History

The station was originally opened by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 9 July 1929 on the former Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.^[1]

The station is currently fully operational, with a part-time booking office. It is an intermediate station on the Glasgow Central - Neilston line. The railway was electrified in the early 1960s and Class 303 "Blue Train" electric multiple units provided almost all trains services for many years thereafter. Services are now mainly operated by the soon-to-be-replaced Class 314 EMUs.

As a cost-saving measure, the three stations south of Williamwood (i.e. Neilston, Patterton and Whitecraigs) were considered for possible closure in 1983 by the Strathclyde PTE but were reprieved.

References

Notes

1. Butt, page 251

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 1-8526-0508-1. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.