Lyoncross railway station

Lyoncross railway station was intended to be a railway station between the towns of Newton Mearns and Barrhead, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

Lyoncross
Class 314 314212 passing the site of Lyoncross
General information
Location	Between Newton Mearns and Barrhead, Renfrewshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.789685°N 4.371850°W / 55.789685; -4.371850
Platforms	None opened
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway

History

The station was never finished or opened to passengers. Its location was close to the junction between the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway and the Paisley and Barrhead District Railway near Balgray Reservoir. The former L&AR line here is still open on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle Line.

The location of the station can be discerned by the widening of the tracks just east of Aurs Road between Newton Mearns and Barrhead. The section of track between Barrhead South and Lyoncross was never used.

References

Sources

• Thomas, John (1971). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. VI Scotland: The Lowlands and the Borders (1st ed.). Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5408-6. OCLC 16198685.
• Thomas, John; Paterson, Rev A. J. S. (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. VI Scotland: The Lowlands and the Borders (2nd ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-9465-3712-7. OCLC 12521072.
• Wham, Alasdair (2000). The Lost Railway Lines South of Glasgow. Wigtown: G.C. Book Publishers. ISBN 1-8723-5008-9.

External links

• Video footage of the site of Lyoncross Junction

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Neilston Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway		Patterton Line and station open
Barrhead South Line and station closed		Caledonian Railway Paisley and Barrhead District Railway		Terminus