Bridgeton Central Junction
Location type
JunctionNames and dates
Bridgeton Cross North Junction (1892-1956)Bridgeton Central Junction (1956-1987)
Opened on the Glasgow City and District Railway.
Description
This junction was immediately east of High Street station and visible from the east end of the platforms.
This was the junction for the line to Bridgeton Central opened in 1892.
The junction was renamed around 1956 to reflect the change in the name of Bridgeton Cross [NB] to Bridgeton Central.
With electrification the signal box here was closed in 1960, absorbed by High Street Junction box. This box had been on the south side of the junction, on the heavy retaining wall.
The branch closed to passengers in 1979 when the Argyle Line (Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway) re-opened with a station at Bridgeton. The station and depot were retained.
The depot closed around 1987 and lines lifted.
Tags
Junction
| Nearby stations High Street College [1st] Gallowgate Glasgow Cross Gallowgate Central Argyle Street Dunlop Street Glasgow Queen Street Low Level Glasgow Queen Street High Level Glasgow Green Bellgrove Glasgow St Enoch Buchanan Street [Subway] St Enoch [Subway] Glasgow Central | High Street Goods College Goods St Johns Junction College Goods Signal Box [GSWR] Greyfriars Wynd Works College North Junction Barrack Street Tunnel Saracen Tool Works St Johns Coal Depot Gallowgate Tunnel Townhead Gas Works Cumberland Foundry High Street Junction Tourist/other High Street Goods Signal Box Provand^s Lordship |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 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 to Bridgeton Central Junction (excluded) closed completely (used for Electric Multiple Unit maintenance latterly). |
