Gallowgate
Location type
StationName and dates
Gallowgate (1870-1902)Where: Glasgow City, Scotland
Opened on the City of Glasgow Union Railway.
Description
This was a two platform station on a raised section of line. The line remains open. Pedestrian access to the station was from the Gallowgate itself.
The station opened in 1870 as a terminus for the Glasgow and Coatbridge Branch (North British Railway) while the College [1st] terminus station was completed.
The southern platform, for trains running towards Saltmarket Junction, was removed to allow a reversing spur to be laid for the sidings opposite College Goods. To facilitate this an additional bridge was put across Bell Street, on the south side of the existing bridge, to carry the spur.
The former eastbound platform has the former stable block of College Goods just to the north.
Tags
Station
| Nearby stations College [1st] Glasgow Cross High Street Dunlop Street Argyle Street Gallowgate Central Glasgow Green Glasgow St Enoch St Enoch [Subway] Glasgow Queen Street Low Level Glasgow Queen Street High Level Bellgrove Buchanan Street [Subway] Glasgow Central Central Station Broomielaw Hoist | St Johns Junction Cumberland Foundry College Goods Saracen Tool Works Saltmarket Junction Bridgeton Central Junction Greyfriars Wynd Works Anderston Tunnel Barrack Street Tunnel College Goods Signal Box [GSWR] College North Junction High Street Goods St Johns Coal Depot St Enoch Locomotive Depot Barracks Mineral Yard |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 19/12/1870 | City of Glasgow Union Railway Gallowgate opened, used as a terminus by the Coatbridge Branch (North British Railway) until the Glasgow College terminus was complete. |
| / /1883 | City of Glasgow Union Railway Warehouses, part of College Goods, built on the junction of Bell Street and High Street for the Glasgow and South Western Railway. Approach was via a reversing loop built on the line from Gallowgate to High Street East Junction. |
| 01/10/1892 | City of Glasgow Union Railway Gallowgate closed. One platform taken up and replaced with further through line. |
| 01/10/1902 | City of Glasgow Union Railway Gallowgate station closed. |
| / /1934 | City of Glasgow Union Railway Gallowgate closed completely. |
