Netherton Goods station or Netherton Depot was a railway public freight facility located between

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and

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just west of the proposed site of

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. History The station was never finished or opened to passengers. Its loca ...

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. Netherton Goods served the industrial and agricultural requirements for transportation in the vicinity, with the town of

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not far away, sitting on and near to country lanes to

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and

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. Netherton, Glanderston, Balgraystone and Dyke Farms were located nearby. Netherton Goods was close to Lyoncross Junction between the

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and the

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near Balgray Reservoir. Although a seemingly remote location today the facility would have had freight transport business in the form of lime for the fields, cattle, horse and sheep movements, milk and cheese delivery, mining and quarrying related items, etc.

Infrastructure

The OS maps of 1911 shows a fairly basic infrastructure with the double track main line and a single siding running off to branch twice, one siding running to a loading dock and a single siding running to a shorter second loading and unloading area. The access point was from Springhill Road, just across from the road overbridge. A signal box was not present and only a possible ground frame and a lone signal post at the siding are shown. A weighing machine is shown and the demolition rubble of this brick structure were still visible in 2016.1910 6 inch to the mile OS Map
/ref> In 1958 the tracks were still in situ.

History

Opened by the

1903, then joining the

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it became part of the

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during the

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of 1923. Netherton Goods station lay on the line that ran towards Neilston and

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and then onwards to eventually reach a terminus at

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. It was supervised by staff at

. Other purely goods stations down the line were located at

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(opened 1 May 1903 and closed by 1950) Wham, Page 186 and at Lissens close to

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Workings details

In 1907 the Caledonian Railway Working Timetable (WTT) shows that the 12.10pm goods from Gushetfaulds to Ardrossan via Cathcart worked nearby Gree siding and it would probably have worked Netherton en route.

The site today

Railway workers accommodation cottages were never built at the site probably as the facility was too small. Although the sidings have been lifted the site is still in use for access and for the storage of materials. The electrified double track line of the Neilston branch still runs past the site. Two telecoms system masts and associated

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equipment are located on the old loading dock and provide railway staff with voice and text communication.

References

Notes

Sources

* * * Wham, Alasdair (2013). ''Ayrshire's Forgotten Railways. A Walker's Guide''. Cranborne : Oakwood Press. .
RAILSCOT on Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway

External links

Video footage of the Netherton Goods station site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Netherton Goods station History of East Renfrewshire Demolished buildings and structures in Scotland