Gorbals railway station

Gorbals
Location
Place	Gorbals
Area	Glasgow
Coordinates
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 June 1928	Closed
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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

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Railway Clearing House diagram of lines in Glasgow in 1904

The station opened on 1 September 1877 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.

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
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 City of Glasgow Union Railway Gorbals Eglinton Street 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

External links

• Photographs, maps and plans of disused stations in Gorbals