Gorbals railway station

Gorbals
Gorbals
	The site of the station in 2019
General information
Location	Gorbals, Glasgow ; Scotland
Coordinates	55°50′55″N4°15′13″W / 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 June 1928	Closed

Last updated July 22, 2024

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.

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.^[2]^[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		Following station
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

Glasgow Central & St Enoch approaches

Legend

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References

Notes

1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), p. 106
↑ Crawford, Ewan. "Gorbals - RAILSCOT". www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

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.

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[butt106-1] 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), p. 106

[2] Crawford, Ewan. "Gorbals - RAILSCOT". www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

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