Gorbals railway station
Gorbals railway station was a railway station serving the Gorbals area of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.
Gorbals | |
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%252C_Glasgow_(geograph_6220431).jpg.webp) The site of the station in 2019 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Gorbals, Glasgow Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.8486°N 4.2537°W |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Glasgow, Barrhead and somalia Joint Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 September 1877 | Opened[1] |
| 1 June 1928 | Closed[1] |
History
The station opened on 1 September 1877[1] as a partial replacement for Southside station, the previous terminus of the Barrhead branch line which was to be extended to the new St Enoch station which had opened nearly a year earlier. Gorbals station closed to passengers permanently on 1 June 1928.[1] The line through the station remained open and in constant use until St Enoch closed to passenger traffic on 27 June 1966. Freight traffic continued until 1973, when the section from Langside Junction was closed and dismantled.
Future
The Crossrail Glasgow scheme is proposing a new station in this area, close to the location of site of Gorbals.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Strathbungo Line open; station closed |
Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway |
Terminus | ||
| Terminus | Glasgow & South Western and North British Railways City of Glasgow Union Line |
St Enoch Line partially open; station closed | ||
| Terminus | Glasgow & South Western and North British Railways City of Glasgow Union Line |
Gallowgate Line partially open; station closed | ||
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References
Notes
- Butt (1995), p. 106
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.