Strathbungo railway station

Strathbungo railway station was a railway station serving the village of Strathbungo, Renfrewshire, (and later the city of Glasgow), Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.

Strathbungo
Former station building pictured in 2010
Location
PlaceStrathbungo
AreaGlasgow
Coordinates55.83801°N 4.27469°W / 55.83801; -4.27469
Operations
Original companyGlasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Post-groupingLMS
Platforms2
History
1 December 1877Opened[1]
28 May 1962Closed[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

The station opened on 1 December 1877,[1] and was located close to the junction between the lines to Glasgow St Enoch via Gorbals Junction (opened the year before the station itself, in 1876) and the older route towards Glasgow Central (first opened in 1848 by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway).

It closed to passengers permanently on 28 May 1962.[1]

Today little remains of the station at rail level, although the former booking office building on the bridge above still stands and the footbridge is still in use and a category C listed building.[2][3]

Both lines meanwhile are still open as part of the Glasgow South Western Line, though the old route towards Gorbals has been freight-only since the closure of St Enoch station in 1966 - it now links into the West Coast Main Line at Larkfield Junction (using a section of the former Polloc and Govan Railway) as the section beyond Langside Junction onto the former City of Glasgow Union Railway was closed in 1973 and subsequently lifted.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Crossmyloof
Line and station open		   Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
   Gorbals
Line partially closed; Station closed
  Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
   Eglinton Street
Line open; Station closed

References

Notes
  1. Butt (1995), page 222
  2. Railscot - Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 2013-08-16
  3. "Darnley Road/Moray Place, Former Strathbungo Station, Footbridge". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

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.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Strathbungo Station on navigable O.S. map


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