Whifflet Upper | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Whifflet, North Lanarkshire |
Country: | Scotland |
Platforms: | 1 |
Original: | Caledonian Railway |
Pregroup: | Caledonian Railway |
Postgroup: | London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways (Scottish Region) |
Events: | Opened as Whifflet High Level |
Years1: | 1 January 1917 |
Events1: | Closed |
Years2: | 1 March 1919 |
Events2: | Reopened |
Years3: | 7 November 1953 |
Events3: | Name changed to Whifflet Upper |
Events4: | Closed |
Whifflet Upper railway station served the village of Whifflet, North Lanarkshire, Scotland from 1886 to 1964 on the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway.
The station opened as Whifflet High Level on 1 June 1886 by the Caledonian Railway. To the southeast was Whifflet High Level signal box. The station closed on 1 January 1917 but reopened in March 1919. The station's name was changed to Whifflet Upper on 7 November 1953. It closed on 5 October 1964.[1]