Gorbals railway station explained

Gorbals
Status:Disused
Borough:Gorbals, Glasgow
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.8486°N -4.2537°W
Platforms:2
Original:Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pregroup:Glasgow, Barrhead and somalia Joint Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:1 September 1877
Events:Opened
Years1:1 June 1928
Events1:Closed

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Butt (1995), p. 106
  2. Web site: Crawford . Ewan . Gorbals - RAILSCOT . 2024-07-21 . www.railscot.co.uk . en.