Gallowgate Central railway station

For the City of Glasgow Union Railway station called Gallowgate, see Gallowgate railway station.

Gallowgate Central
The site of the station in 2019
General information
LocationGallowgate, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°51′19″N 4°13′50″W / 55.8554°N 4.2305°W / 55.8554; -4.2305
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGlasgow City and District Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Key dates
1 June 1892Opened [1]
1 January 1917Closed[1]

Gallowgate Central railway station was located in Glasgow, Scotland and served the Calton area of that city via the Glasgow City and District Railway. Gallowgate Central was on the Bridgeton Central branch of the modern North Clyde line, now closed.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Bridgeton Central
Line and Station closed 		  Glasgow City and District Railway
North British Railway
   High Street (Glasgow)
Line closed; Station open

References

In the poem Skimbleshanks by T S Eliot, written in 1939 as part of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, the night mail train finally arrives in Gallowgate.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Butt (1995), page 101

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.
  • 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.


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