Crow Road railway station

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Crow Road
Crow Road - geograph-3419645-by-Thomas-Nugent.jpg
The site of the station in 2013
General information
Location Broomhill, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates 55°52′34″N4°18′59″W / 55.8762°N 4.3165°W / 55.8762; -4.3165 Coordinates: 55°52′34″N4°18′59″W / 55.8762°N 4.3165°W / 55.8762; -4.3165
Grid reference NS551672
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1896Opened [1]
6 November 1960Closed [1]
1970Station demolished

Crow Road railway station was located in Glasgow, Scotland and served the Broomhill and Hyndland areas of that city.

Contents

On the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway it was located on the road from which it took its name and sat to the north of a tunnel which connected it with Partick West railway station. The line ran on to Kelvinside railway station. This route went underneath the present day Hyndland railway station, which opened the day before Crow Road closed, on the present Argyle and North Clyde lines.

Route

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Partick West
Line and station closed
  Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
operated by Caledonian Railway
  Kelvinside
Line and station closed
Whiteinch Riverside
Line and station closed
  Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
operated by Caledonian Railway
 

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Butt (1995), page 73

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