Bridgeton Goods
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StationName and dates
Bridgeton Goods (1861-1965)Opened on the Dalmarnock Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This goods yard opened in 1861. Bridgeton [1st] was to the north west.
The depot was left on a short branch with the opening of the Dalmarnock Branch Extension (Caledonian Railway), which passed round its west side.
In the 1880s a goods shed was erected which used to be the Hamilton Shed building.
The Glasgow Central Railway opened west of the Dalmarnock extension.
It became the 'Tartan Arrow' depot for Kentish Town before closure.
The depot appears on re-signalling of 1973.
Closed by 1979 for reopening of Argyle Line.
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Terminus goodsChronology Dates
| 24/06/1861 | Dalmarnock Branch (Caledonian Railway) Line opened from Dalmarnock Junction (Rutherglen) to Bridgeton Goods. This was the first south bank line in Glasgow to cross the River Clyde (via the Clyde Viaduct [Rutherglen] [1st]). |
| 14/04/1967 | British Railways Tartan Arrow The 'Tartan Arrow' company starts a railway parcels and packages, and pre-loaded containers, service from Bridgeton Goods to Kentish Town, five nights a week in each direction. |
