page_title: Busby, East Renfrewshire
section_title: Railway age
hierarchical_section_title: Busby, East Renfrewshire / History / Railway age
caption_attribution_description: English: Busby Station. View southward, towards East Kilbride; ex-caledonian Glasgow (Central) - Pollokshaws - East Kilbride line, formerly (until 1914) extended to Hunthill Jct. and Hamilton.
context_page_description: Busby is a village in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Busby is in the same urban area as Glasgow, although it is administratively separate. It lies on the White Cart Water 6 miles south of Glasgow City Centre and 0.8 miles northwest of the outskirts of East Kilbride. Today it directly adjoins the town of Clarkston, with which the village is closely associated.
context_section_description: Another major wave of change occurred in Busby in the 1860s when the Printworks (now the Field Road industrial estate) brought the railway to Busby. Again the route to Busby was far from perfect, and the massive viaduct necessary to span Busby Glen was the most expensive structure on the line. Today the viaduct is an iconic feature of the area. The railway forced a change to the East Kilbride Road and the road bridge under the station still creates a hazard for heavy traffic on the main road. The bridge is particularly low, and has been hit by high buses in the past.
  The railway brought a second wave of growth to Busby from the 1870s. The subsequent growth of the commuter suburb compensated for the decline of the Mills and Printworks. This ensured the survival of Busby into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
caption: Busby railway station in 1970
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