Gorbals railway station

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Gorbals
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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
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-groupingGlasgow, Barrhead and somalia Joint Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 September 1877Opened [1]
1 June 1928Closed [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.

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History

Railway Clearing House diagram of lines in Glasgow in 1904 Glasgow RJD 29.jpg
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. [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 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
Glasgow Central & St Enoch approaches
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parts of former station
reused as carriage sidings
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Glasgow Bridge Street
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Main Street
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Gorbals
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Cumberland
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Southside
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Eglinton Street
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Pollokshields East
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Pollokshields West
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Strathbungo
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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), p. 106

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