Gorbals railway station

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 / 55.8486; -4.2537
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]

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

Railway Clearing House diagram of lines in Glasgow in 1904

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 196. Freight traffic continued until 1973, when the section from Langside Junction was closed and dismantled. The old station is commemorated by Southside Crescent in the housing development facing its former site. ^[3]

A plaque representing the old Gorbals station

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
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

v t e Glasgow Central & St Enoch approaches
Legend
City of Glasgow Union Railway Glasgow Central Glasgow Central Railway St Enoch River Clyde parts of former station reused as carriage sidings Glasgow Bridge Street Main Street (CGUR) Gorbals Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Cumberland Street   City of Glasgow Union Railway Southside Eglinton Street Polloc and Govan Railway General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway Pollokshields East Cathcart District Railway Pollokshields West Strathbungo Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Cathcart District Railway

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), p. 106
2. Crawford, Ewan. "Gorbals - RAILSCOT". www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
3. "Gorbals, Main Street and Southside Stations Glasgow". www.gerryblaikie.com. Retrieved 9 February 2025.

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.

External links

• Photographs, maps and plans of disused stations in Gorbals