Ibrox
Location type
StationNames and dates
Bellahouston [1st] (1843-1845)Ibrox (1871-1967)
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway.Description
This was a four platform station. Two platforms on the main line and two on the line curving north to Govan Ibrox [Govan Platforms]. The two lines met at Ibrox Junction, immediately to the east.
Ibrox station opened on the main line on the site of Bellahouston [1st].
No platforms remain intact.
Local
Ibrox House was just to the north of the station.
Ibrox Stadium is located nearby.
Tags
Station junctionExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
07/07/2018
| Nearby stations Ibrox [Govan Platforms] Ibrox Excursion Platforms Ibrox [Subway] Dumbreck Bellahouston Park Halt Bellahouston [2nd] Cessnock [Subway] Govan Govan [Subway] Cardonald Kinning Park [Subway] Corkerhill Yorkhill Partick West Merkland Street [Subway] | Cessnock Dock Branch Junction Ibrox Junction Edmiston Drive Depot [Subway] Moorepark Junction Govan Destructor North British Tube Works Helen Street Junction Broomload Tarpaulin Works Broomloan Tarpaulin Works Moore Park Boiler Works Gourock Rope Works [Glasgow] Plantation Boiler Works Tourist/other House for an Art Lover Ibrox Stadium Bellahouston Park [Park] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 06/11/1843 | Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Bellahouston [1st] station opened. (At Ibrox). |
| 01/05/1868 | Govan Branch (Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway) Govan branch opened to goods from triangular junction at Ibrox. |
| 01/03/1871 | Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Ibrox station opened on site of former Bellahouston [1st] station. |
| / /1892 | Princes Dock Joint Railway (Caledonian Railway, North British Railway and Glasgow and South Western Railway) North British Railway granted running powers over the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway between Shields Junction No 1 and Cessnock Dock Branch Junction at Ibrox station. |
| 06/02/1967 | Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Ibrox closed. |
| /01/2014 | Glasgow District Subway Ibrox station upgrade officially opened by the Deputy First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon. |
News items
| 05/05/2022 | Glasgow election: What each party wants to do about transport [GlasgowWorld] |
Books
 An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways |
