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Strathbungo railway station

Coordinates: 55°50′16″N 4°16′24″W / 55.837817°N 4.273253°W / 55.837817; -4.273253
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Strathbungo
The former station building in 2010
General information
LocationStrathbungo, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°50′16″N 4°16′24″W / 55.837817°N 4.273253°W / 55.837817; -4.273253
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGlasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
1 December 1877Opened[1]
28 May 1962Closed[1]

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

History

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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. 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 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 Pollok 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

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 222
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ "Darnley Road/Moray Place, Former Strathbungo Station, Footbridge". Historic Scotland. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  4. ^ Historic Glasgow railway bridge finds new home in Brechin, Project Scotland, 8 February 2023
  5. ^ Work underway on new Strathbungo footbridge, Rail Business Daily, 23 March 2023

Sources

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