Gallowgate Central railway station

For the City of Glasgow Union Railway station called Gallowgate, see Gallowgate railway station.

Gallowgate Central
The site of the station in 2019
General information
Location	Gallowgate, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55°51′19″N4°13′50″W / 55.8554°N 4.2305°W / 55.8554; -4.2305
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow City and District Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Key dates
1 June 1892	Opened [1]
1 January 1917	Closed [1]
Location

Gallowgate Central railway station was located in Glasgow, Scotland and served the Calton area of that city via the Glasgow City and District Railway. Gallowgate Central was on the Bridgeton Central branch of the modern North Clyde line, now closed.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Bridgeton Central Line and Station closed		Glasgow City and District Railway North British Railway		High Street (Glasgow) Line closed; Station open

References

In the poem Skimbleshanks by T S Eliot, written in 1939 as part of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, the night mail train finally arrives in Gallowgate.

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 101

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.