Tollcross railway station

Tollcross
General information
Location	Tollcross, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55°50′26″N4°10′28″W / 55.840656°N 4.174414°W / 55.840656; -4.174414
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow Central Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Key dates
1 February 1897	Opened as Tollcross
5 October 1964	Closed
Location

Tollcross station was a railway station in the east end of Glasgow, Scotland. It was opened by the Caledonian Railway as Tollcross on 1 February 1897. ^[1]

Located next to the settlements of Braidfauld and Auchenshuggle between the London Road and Tollcross Road arterial routes, it was closed to passengers on 5 October 1964. ^{[1] [2]} The lines have also been removed, but the land has not been built upon into the 21st century.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Carmyle Line closed; station open on other lines		Glasgow Central Railway Caledonian Railway		Parkhead Stadium Line and Station closed

References

1. Butt (1995)
2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 423. OCLC   931112387.

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.
• The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN   0-7153-5120-6.

External links

• Tollcross at RAILSCOT