Kirkintilloch Basin railway station

Kirkintilloch Basin
General information
Location	Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.9363°N 4.1571°W / 55.9363; -4.1571
Grid reference	NS653735
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
Pre-grouping	Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
Key dates
8 July 1828 (1828-07-08)	Opened
1846 (1846)	Closed

Kirkintilloch Basin railway station, also known as Middlemuir Basin railway station served the town of Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, from 1828 to 1846 on the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway.

History

The station was opened on 7 July 1828 by the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway. It was a passenger station as well as a goods depot. It was served by brief intermittent services. The first service was horse-drawn, which ran on 8 July 1828. Services stopped shortly after. Services resumed in late 1839 but stopped again in 1840. They resumed again on 26 December 1844 but stopped in March 1846.