Milton of Campsie railway station

The station was opened as Miltown on 5 July 1848 by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. To the east was a siding that served a loading bank, near this was the signal box and on the eastbound platform was the station building. To the west was a siding that served Lillyburn Printworks and to the south was a siding that served Kincaid Printworks. The station's name was changed to Milton in 1874 and changed again to Milton in Campsie on 1 May 1912. It closed to passengers on 1 October 1951. Goods traffic through the station continued until April 1966, after which the entire line was closed and the rails lifted.^[1]

Following the closure of the line, the station became derelict, "a squalid and overgrown rubbish tip". But in 2014, a local resident, Greg Summers, launched an initiative to clean up the site and to turn it into an asset for the community. Over the next few years, volunteers, community groups and local businesses worked to clear the litter, remove the graffiti, renovate the platforms and the station bridge, and install flower beds, murals, benches and information boards. Today, the former station is considered an important part of the life of the village.^[2][3]