Gorbals railway station

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.

Gorbals
The site of the station in 2019
General information
LocationGorbals, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°50′55″N 4°15′13″W / 55.8486°N 4.2537°W / 55.8486; -4.2537
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGlasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-groupingGlasgow, Barrhead and somalia Joint Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 September 1877Opened[1]
1 June 1928Closed[1]

History edit

 
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 edit

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
 
 
 
 
 
Glasgow Central
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
St Enoch  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
parts of former station
reused as carriage sidings
 
 
Glasgow Bridge Street
 
 
 
Main Street
 
 
 
 
Gorbals
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cumberland
Street
 
 
 
Southside
 
 
Eglinton Street
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pollokshields East
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pollokshields West
 
 
Strathbungo
 
 
 

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), p. 106

Sources edit

  • 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 edit