Broomhouse railway station

Broomhouse
General information
Location	Broomhouse, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55°50′25″N4°07′16″W / 55.840260°N 4.121096°W / 55.840260; -4.121096
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1878	Opened as Broomhouse [1]
1 January 1917	Closed [1]
2 June 1919	Re-opened
24 September 1927	Closed to passengers [1] [2]
1 September 1953	Station closed to freight
4 October 1964	Line closed to freight

Broomhouse railway station ^{[1] [2]} was opened in 1878 at Broomhouse in the Baillieston area of Glasgow, Scotland on the old Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway between Shettleston and Hamilton. The miner's rows at Boghall were close to the station site.

History

Map of the GBH&CR before the halt was opened.

The station was opened by the North British Railway to serve the Broomhouse area in 1878 ^[1] on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway route.

The route was also known as the London and North Eastern Railway's Hamilton Branch. It closed to passenger traffic on 4 October 1927 and to freight in 1953, having been previously closed to passengers between 1917 and 1919 as a wartime economy. ^[1] The line was closed to freight traffic on 4 October 1964. Passenger trains continued to run to Bothwell until 4 July 1955. ^[3]

Infrastructure

A signal box that controlled the colliery line lay at the south end of the station on the north side, replaced in 1914 and closed in 1960. ^[4] Daldowie and Broomhouse collieries lay nearby to the north and south respectively, ^[5] and crossovers on the double-track line in the area of the station allowed for the movement of waggons for these customers. There was a siding to a brickworks. ^[5] The ticket office and waiting room were on the south platform, and a shelter on the north and a pedestrian footbridge were present. ^{[6] [7]}

The line to the west cut over the Caledonian Railway's Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway line. ^[7]

Remains on site

A road now runs across the old station site.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Calderpark		North British Railway Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway		Mount Vernon (NBR)

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 46
2. Wignal (1983), Page 10
3. "Broomhouse Station (remains) © Ben Brooksbank :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
4. NS66SE - A (includes: Blantyre; Bothwell; Cambuslang; Glasgow; Old Monkland) Surveyed / Revised:1930 to 1957. Published:1958
5. Broomhouse Community Council
6. Lanarkshire Sheet VII.SW (includes: Glasgow; Old Monkland) Publication date:1899. Date revised: 1897.
7. Lanarkshire VII.14 (Bothwell; Glasgow; Old Monkland) Publication date:1913. Revised:1910. Levelled:1910

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.

External links

• Railscot