Glasgow Cross railway station

Glasgow Cross was a railway station in the city centre of Glasgow.

Glasgow Cross
Glasgow Cross railway station on the left.
Location
PlaceGlasgow
AreaGlasgow
Coordinates55.85022°N 4.22773°W / 55.85022; -4.22773
Operations
Original companyGlasgow Central Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Platforms2
History
1 November 1895Opened
5 October 1964Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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History

This station was opened on 1 November 1895 by the Glasgow Central Railway.[1]

It was closed, with the line through Glasgow Central (Low Level), on 5 October 1964.[1]

Argyle Line
Site of the former station today

When the Argyle Line was opened in 1979, Glasgow Cross station was not reopened, being replaced by the new Argyle Street station to the west. Today it is now a ghost station and at surface level the only evidence of its existence are decorative ventilation grilles on the traffic island, between Trongate and London Road, whilst at track level there is a widening of the formation.

There have been proposals of the station being re-opened as an interchange as part of Crossrail Glasgow, which includes proposals for a new Glasgow Cross station located on the City Union bridge, tucked behind the Mercat Building.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Glasgow Green
Line open; station closed		   Caledonian Railway
Glasgow Central Railway
   Glasgow Central
(Low Level)
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References

Notes
  1. Butt (1995)

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 978-1-85260-508-7. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Two pictures: One at street level; the other a platform level
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