Balgray railway station
Balgray  | |||||
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 Balgray Station under construction, January 2026 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Barrhead, East Renfrewshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°47′13″N 4°22′53″W / 55.7870°N 4.3815°W | ||||
| Manager | ScotRail | ||||
Transit authority | SPT | ||||
| Line | Cathcart Circle Lines | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opening | 27 September 2026 | ||||
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Balgray railway station is a railway station under construction at the south of Barrhead, Scotland. The station will serve communities in the south of Barrhead (particularly Springhill and Auchenback), on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle Lines.[1] The name of the new station was chosen as the station will be located next to Balgray Reservoir, part of the Dams to Darnley Country Park.
A plan to open this station was announced by Network Rail on 23 November 2023.[2] Funding for the station is from the Glasgow City Region City Deal, and delivered in partnership with East Renfrewshire Council.
A planned railway station, Lyoncross railway station, was partially built on the line close to the location but never opened to the public. The intended location of the station can be discerned by the widening of the tracks just east of Aurs Road between Newton Mearns and Barrhead.
Another disused station, Barrhead South railway station, on the Paisley and Barrhead District Railway, was also located nearby.
Construction
In October 2023, preparatory work (outline design, ground and site investigations) took place with the Final Business Case being submitted to City Deal Cabinet in August 2024 and approved in September 2024.[3] On 22 July 2025 ground was broken on the construction of the new station, and was expected to be completed and open to the public in autumn 2026.[4][5] A new bus turning circle and stop have already been delivered as part of the project on Springfield Road by East Renfrewshire Council.[4]
On 9 July 2026, Network Rail announced the railway station would open on 27 September 2026, several weeks earlier than the anticipated November schedule.[6]
Facilities
The new station is to include:
Services
Balgray will be an intermediate station on the Glasgow Central – Neilston line,[8] served by a half-hourly service to Glasgow Central and Neilston.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neilston | ScotRail Cathcart Circle Lines |
Patterton | ||
References
- ↑ "New station on track for Balgray". Network Rail Media Centre. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ↑ Hakimian, Rob (12 September 2024). "£18.3M Balgray station in East Renfrewshire given go ahead". New Civil Engineer. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ↑ "BALGRAY STATION". Scotland's Railway. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Breaking ground on Barrhead's new £18.3m Balgray station". Network Rail. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ↑ "Work starts on new £18m train station in Barrhead". BBC News. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ↑ "New Balgray Station to open ahead of schedule in September". Network Rail. 9 July 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
- ↑ "Balgray station". Scotlands Railway. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ↑ Johnston, Howard (August 2026). "Regional News". Rail (magazine). No. 1067. p. 23.