Houston railway station was a railway station

Train station

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 serving the villages of Brookfield

Brookfield, Renfrewshire

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 and Houston

Houston, Scotland

Houston is a village in the council area of Renfrewshire and the larger historic county of the same name in the west central Lowlands of Scotland...

, Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire

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, Scotland

Scotland

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, originally as part of the Bridge of Weir Railway

Bridge of Weir Railway

The Bridge of Weir Railway ran from Elderslie, Scotland, to Bridge of Weir. It was closed in January 1983.- Formation :The line from Elderslie to Bridge of Weir was built originally as the Bridge of Weir Railway, which had opened to passengers in 1864 between Johnstone and Bridge of Weir...

 and later part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway

Glasgow and South Western Railway

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History

The station opened on 3 April 1871 and was known as Windyhill. It was soon renamed Crosslee in May of the same year, and then renamed Houston on 1 January 1874. It was renamed Houston (Crosslee) exactly one year later on 1 January 1875, and then later renamed Houston and Crosslee.

Closure

It was finally renamed back to Houston on 7 May 1973, however the station closed on 10 January 1983.

The station building and a single platform remain on site, however the building is now privately owned.