Gallowgate_railway_station

Gallowgate railway station

Gallowgate railway station

Disused railway station in Scotland

Gallowgate railway station was a station on the City Union Line in Glasgow, Scotland. It was situated a short distance east of Glasgow Cross at the junction of Gallowgate and East Nile Street, today Molendinar Street.

Current (2023) image of the station's location. The entrance was on the right

The station opened on 18 December 1870, then closed and shortly reopened in 1871. It closed permanently on 1 October 1902.

Workmen’s service operated until 1926[1] or 1934.[2] The bridge which carried the tracks to the station remains standing, as the line is still used by empty stock passengers trains to and from Shields Depot south of the River Clyde and occasional freight trains.

References

  1. [1]
    Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 196
  2. [2]
    "North British Railway List of Stations with opening and closing dates from 1828 to 2003" (PDF). North British Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

55.8564°N 4.2416°W / 55.8564; -4.2416


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