Bridgeton [Central]
Location type
StationNames and dates
Bridgeton Cross [NB] (1892-1956)Bridgeton Central (1956-1965)
Bridgeton [Central] (1965-1979)
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Glasgow City and District Railway.Description
This was a terminus of a short branch from High Street station, providing a useful terminus in the east of the city, rather than have trains terminate (and block platforms) at Glasgow Queen Street Low Level. The station consisted of two terminal island platforms, both with glazed canopies. The signal box was at the north end of the station, recessed into the retaining wall on the east side. This opened with the line in 1892. The architect was Thomas Reid Peacock.
This station opened first, the competing Bridgeton Cross [CR] opened in 1895.
The carriage sidings on the east side of the station became an EMU Depot with electrification. These sidings remained open after closure of the station in 1979 (opening of the Argyle Line while the Yoker Depot was prepared, closing in 1986.
The signal box was replaced in 1912 and resignalled, in preparation for electrification, in 1960.
The station was closed in 1979 with the opening of the Argyle Line as it was duplicated by Bridgeton to the immediate south on a through route.
The two storey station red sandstone frontage on London Road is almost across the road from Bridgeton, just a little to its west. There are three arches entrances, flanks topped with round windows to either side. The ground floor now provides accommodation for shops. Behind are houses on the new Kerr Drive. Blocked off entries and former scars of the canopies can be seen on the rear wall in Winter.
Tags
Station Terminus EMU depotExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
Facilities
Listing: B
| Nearby stations Bridgeton Glasgow Green Gallowgate Central Bellgrove Bridgeton [1st] Dalmarnock London Road [Glasgow] Bridgeton Goods Gallowgate Duke Street College [1st] High Street Glasgow Cross Dunlop Street Argyle Street | Bridgeton Depot Greenhead Foundry Barrowfield Coal Store Canning Street Tunnel Singer Works [Bridgeton] Bridgeton Cross Goods Bridgeton Central Tunnel Greenhead Engine Works Cyclops Works [1st] Templeton Carpet Factory Bridgeton Cross Tunnel Dalmarnock Road Tunnel Star Engine Works Tourist/other Glasgow Green [Park] The People^s Palace |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/02/1913 | City of Glasgow Union Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway services from the City of Glasgow Union Railway to Bridgeton Central are withdrawn. The link between the City of Glasgow Union Railway and Glasgow City and District Railway is closed. |
| 05/11/1960 | Glasgow North Bank Electrification Service begins with electric services to termini at; Helensburgh Central, Balloch Pier, Singer Workers Platforms station, Milngavie, Bridgeton Central, Springburn, Airdrie. The new trains (Class 303s) built at Pressed Steel Co Ltd, Linwood, became known as the Blue Trains, these were used in all the Glasgow electrification schemes. |
| 05/11/1979 | Glasgow City and District Railway Bridgeton Central station to Bridgeton Cross North Junction closed to passengers. |
| 01/06/1987 | Glasgow City and District Railway Bridgeton Central closed completely (used for Electric Multiple Unit maintenance latterly). |
