Partickhill railway station
Partickhill railway station is a former railway station serving the Partick area of Glasgow. The station was opened by the North British Railway Company in 1874 on the north side of Dumbarton Road. At some periods during its existence it was described as Partick for Govan in some timetables.[1]
| Partickhill | |
|---|---|
 Partickhill railway station in 2007 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Partick |
| Area | Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55.8723°N 4.3117°W |
| Operations | |
| Original company | North British Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 20 October 1874 | Opened as Partick[1] |
| 1953 | Renamed as Partickhill[1] |
| 17 December 1979 | Closed[1] |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z | |
History
It was at one stage, one of three stations in Partick, along with the Central and West stations, but was the only one of the three stations to be spared in the Beeching cuts of the mid-1960s, having been extensively rebuilt in 1958.
The station closed in 1979, when the Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive were reopening the Argyle Line (itself a victim of the Beeching axe), they decided to open a new Partick railway station on the same site as Merkland Street subway station, which was itself undergoing refurbishment as part of the overall upgrade of the Glasgow Subway that was undertaken in the late 1970s. With this new Partick station, which worked as an interchange with bus and subway services being separated by only a bridge over Dumbarton Road from the site of the Partickhill station it was decided that the Partickhill site was now redundant and the station closed.
Much of its structures are still visible to the present day, including the platforms.
Services
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stobcross Line and station open |
Stobcross Railway North British Railway |
Hyndland Line and Station closed | ||
| Stobcross Railway North British Railway |
Anniesland Line and Station open | |||
| Finnieston Line open; station closed |
Glasgow City and District Railway North British Railway |
Junction with Stobcross Railway at Kelvinhaugh Junction | ||
| Junction with Stobcross Railway at Jordanhill Junction |
Whiteinch Railway North British Railway |
Jordanhill Line and station open | ||
References
Notes
- Butt (1995), page 181
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.