Crosshill
Location type
StationName and dates
Crosshill (1886-)Station code: COI National Rail ScotRail
Where: Glasgow City, Scotland
Opened on the Cathcart District Railway.
Open on the Cathcart Circle.
Open on the Neilston Line.
Open on the Newton Line.
Description
This is an island platform station, with a narrow platform and original station building.
The building is a narrower form of that which was found elsewhere on the Cathcart District Railway. It featured wooden seating built into the framework supporting the roof, these seats are now gone.
There was a signal box on the platform north of the station building. This opened with the line and closed with the opening of Cathcart Power Box in 1961, also controlled by Muirhouse Junction box.
Access is by steps from Albert Road.
To the north west is Queens Park station and to the south is Mount Florida station.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
08/07/2019
| Nearby stations Queens Park Mount Florida Gushetfaulds Pollokshields East Strathbungo Pollokshields West South Side [CR] Eglinton Street South Side [GB and NDR] Kings Park Cathcart [1st] Cumberland Street Gorbals Crossmyloof Main Street Gorbals | Colliery Works Govan Coal work Coal Pit Queens Park Locomotive Works Mallsmire Firebrick Works Coal Pit Gushetfaulds Junction Central Station Junction Battlefield [Tram] Mount Florida Mineral Depot Larkfield Junction Langside Junction Sentinel Works Tourist/other Hampden Park Stadium Polmadie Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/03/1886 | Cathcart District Railway Cathcart Junction to Mount Florida opened for passengers. Stations at Pollokshields East, Queens Park, Crosshill, Mount Florida. |
| 01/01/1917 | Cathcart District Railway Pollokshields East and Crosshill stations closed for wartime economies. |
| 01/06/1919 | Cathcart District Railway Crosshill re-opened. |
| 06/04/1964 | Glasgow, Paisley Kilmarnock and Ayr RailwayArdrossan Railway Irvine (Byrehill Junction) to Stevenston (Dubbs Junction) closed to passengers. Ardrossan to Kilmarnock service via Crosshill withdrawn. |
News items
| 04/06/2021 | Vital improvement work to begin on two Glasgow railway bridges [Network Rail] |
| 30/03/2012 | Great Gardens on the Cathcart Circle [Railscot] |
Books
 An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways | An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways |
