Gallowgate Tunnel
Location type
TunnelName and dates
Gallowgate Tunnel (1892-1979)Where: Glasgow City, Scotland
Opened on the Glasgow City and District Railway.
Description
This double track tunnel is 220 yds long. It is no longer in use. It carried the line from Bridgeton Central Junction at High Street station to Bridgeton Cross South Junction (Gallowgate Junction). Also known as Ladywell Tunnel, Ladywell Barrack Street Tunnel or (incorrectly) as Barrack Street Tunnel. (The latter name refers to the Glasgow and South Western Railway tunnel between St Johns Junction and Bridgeton Cross south Junction.)
Tags
Tunnel03/01/2023
| Nearby stations Gallowgate Central Gallowgate High Street College [1st] Bellgrove Glasgow Green Glasgow Cross Bridgeton [2nd] Bridgeton Dunlop Street Argyle Street Glasgow Queen Street Low Level Glasgow Queen Street High Level Glasgow St Enoch Duke Street | St Johns Coal Depot High Street Junction College North Junction Barrack Street Tunnel Bridgeton Cross South Junction Barracks Mineral Yard College Goods Signal Box [GSWR] Saracen Tool Works Star Engine Works Bellgrove Cattle Market St Johns Junction Bellgrove Tunnel Bellgrove Independent Tunnel Bridgeton Central Junction Tourist/other High Street Goods Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
