Uddingston East railway station

Uddingston East
General information
Location	Uddingston, South Lanarkshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°49′19″N 4°04′35″W / 55.8220°N 4.0763°W / 55.8220; -4.0763
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1 April 1878	Opened as Uddingston[1]
1 January 1917	Closed[1]
2 June 1919	Re-opened[1]
28 February 1953	Renamed as Uddingston East[1][2]
4 July 1955	Closed[2]
Location

Uddingston East railway station served the town of Uddingston in South Lanarkshire on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway between Shettleston and Hamilton.

Uddingston was opened on 1 April 1878^[1] on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway. It was closed as a wartime economy measure between 1917 and 1919.^[1] Following nationalisation the station was renamed as Uddingston East to avoid confusion with the nearby Clydesdale Junction Railway station of the same name on 28 February 1953.^[2] Uddingston East was closed two years later on 4 July 1955.^[2] The line closed to freight traffic on 4 October 1964.

• 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.
• "Uddingston stations on navigible OS Map". Retrieved 14 November 2011.

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