page_title: Calderpark Halt railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Calderpark Halt railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: System map of the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway in 1878
context_page_description: Calderpark Halt railway station or Calderpark for Glasgow Zoo served Calderpark Zoo opened in 1947 on the old estate of Calderpark and the Baillieston area of Glasgow, Scotland on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway between Shettleston and Hamilton. Glasgow Zoo closed in 2003.
context_section_description: The halt was opened by the British Transport Commission to serve Glasgow Zoo in 1951 on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway route by Mrs Cameron wife of British Railway's Chief Regional Officer for the area.
  The route was also known as the London and North Eastern Railway's Hamilton Branch. It was closed when the line was closed to passenger traffic on 4 July 1955. The line was closed to freight traffic on 4 October 1964.
caption: Map of the GBH&CR before the halt was opened.