Parkhead North railway station
Parkhead North | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Parkhead, Glasgow Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°51′22″N 4°11′53″W / 55.8560°N 4.1981°W | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
Original company | Coatbridge Branch | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LNER | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 February 1871 | Opened as Parkhead[1] | ||||
| 30 June 1952 | Renamed as Parkhead North[1] | ||||
| 19 September 1955 | Closed[2][3] | ||||
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Parkhead was a railway station in the east end of Glasgow. It was opened as Parkhead, by the North British Railway on 1 February 1871.[1] It was renamed Parkhead North on 30 June 1952 by British Railways.[1] This was to differentiate it from the nearby ex-Caledonian Railway Parkhead station on the former Glasgow Central Railway.
The station was closed to passengers on 19 September 1955.[2]
Proposals in the 2010s and 2020s for a potential new station for the area would utilise roughly the same location as Parkhead North, albeit new infrastructure would be required in all aspects of the project as there was no longer any visible trace of the original station.[4][5][6]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Carntyne Line and Station open |
Coatbridge Branch North British Railway |
Bellgrove Line and Station open | ||
References
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995)
- 1 2 Daniels & Dench 1973, p. 85
- ↑ RAILSCOT
- ↑ Calls for new railway station at Parkhead, The Scotsman, 19 April 2018
- ↑ Planned Glasgow Parkhead train station 'could revolutionise match days for Celtic fans', Daily Record, 25 August 2022
- ↑ Glasgow plan to improve Parkhead being drawn up as train station hopes remain, Sarah Hilley, Glasgow Live, 25 March 2025
Sources
- 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.
- Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (May 1973) [1964]. Passengers No More (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0438-2. OCLC 2554248. 1513 CEC 573.
- 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.
- The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.