Strathbungo railway station
Strathbungo | |
|---|---|
LMS | |
| Key dates | |
| 1 December 1877 | Opened[1] |
| 28 May 1962 | Closed[1] |
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
.
History
The station opened on 1 December 1877,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. The former booking office building on the bridge above was in use as a local shop until 2022 when it was demolished during work to fully electrify the line,[2] The work also involved the removal of the nearby footbridge (installed in 1877 and a category C listed building)[3] which was subsequently relocated in Brechin where its station and local line were being restored by a heritage group,[4] while a new bridge over the power cables was installed in Strathbungo.[5]
Both lines meanwhile are still open as part of the
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
- ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 222
- ^ In pictures: Demolition of Susie's Store in Glasgow's Southside Archived 8 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Catriona Stewart, Glasgow Times, 7 August 2022
- ^ "Darnley Road/Moray Place, Former Strathbungo Station, Footbridge". Historic Scotland. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ Historic Glasgow railway bridge finds new home in Brechin, Project Scotland, 8 February 2023
- ^ Work underway on new Strathbungo footbridge, Rail Business Daily, 23 March 2023
Sources
- OL 11956311M.
- 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. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. OCLC 228266687.