Gorbals railway station

Gorbals
Location
Place	Gorbals
Area	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°50′55″N 4°15′13″W / 55.8486°N 4.2537°W / 55.8486; -4.2537Coordinates: 55°50′55″N 4°15′13″W / 55.8486°N 4.2537°W / 55.8486; -4.2537
Operations
Original company	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 September 1877	Opened^[1]
1 June 1928	Closed^[1]
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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.^[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 & 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

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)

Cumberland Street(CGUR)

Glasgow and Paisley

Joint Railway

Southside

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 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 106

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.

External links

Photographs, maps and plans of disused stations in Gorbals

Railway stations and underground stations in Glasgow

City centre stations	Anderston Argyle Street Charing Cross Glasgow Central High Street Queen Street

Other stations	Alexandra Parade Anniesland Ashfield Baillieston Barnhill Bellgrove Bridgeton Cardonald Carmyle Carntyne Cathcart Corkerhill Croftfoot Crookston Crosshill Crossmyloof Dalmarnock Drumchapel Drumry Duke Street Dumbreck Easterhouse Exhibition Centre Garrowhill Garscadden Gilshochill Hillington East Hillington West Hyndland Jordanhill Kelvindale Kennishead King's Park Langside Maryhill Maxwell Park Mosspark Mount Florida Mount Vernon Muirend Nitshill Partick Pollokshaws East Pollokshaws West Pollokshields East Pollokshields West Possilpark and Parkhouse Priesthill and Darnley Queen's Park Scotstounhill Shawlands Shettleston Springburn Summerston

Glasgow Subway stations	Hillhead Kelvinbridge St George's Cross Cowcaddens Buchanan Street St Enoch Bridge Street West Street Shields Road Kinning Park Cessnock Ibrox Govan Partick Kelvinhall

Disused stations	Bellahouston Botanic Gardens Bridge Street Bridgeton Central Buchanan Street (mainline) College Crow Road Cumberland Street Dawsholm Dunlop Street Eglinton Street Finnieston Gallowgate Gallowgate Central Glasgow Cross Glasgow Green Gorbals Govan Hyndland Ibrox Kelvinbridge Kelvinside Kirklee Main Street Maryhill Central Merkland Street Mount Vernon North Parkhead Stadium (GCR) Parkhead North (NBR) Partick Central (aka Kelvin Hall) Partickhill Partick West Pollokshields Possil Shields Shields Road Southside St Enoch (mainline) Strathbungo Tollcross Whiteinch Victoria Park

Transport in Glasgow	Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

UK railway stations:	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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