Ibrox [Govan Platforms]
Location type
StationName and dates
Ibrox [Govan Platforms] (1868-1967)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Govan Branch (Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway).Description
There were two curving platforms on the Govan Branch at the junction with the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway, just before when Ibrox station opened on the main line (1870) on the site of Bellahouston [1st]. The two lines met at Ibrox Junction, immediately to the east.
Alternative opening date 1871, after the branch opened.
The main line was quadrupled, originally being double track. The Govan branch was double track.
The Govan line survived the station, which is entirely demolished, and closed in 1972.
Local
Ibrox House was just to the north of the station.
Ibrox Stadium is located nearby.
Tags
StationExternal 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 Ibrox Excursion Platforms Ibrox [Subway] Dumbreck Bellahouston Park Halt Bellahouston [2nd] Cessnock [Subway] Govan Govan [Subway] Kinning Park [Subway] Cardonald Corkerhill Yorkhill Merkland Street [Subway] Partick West | Cessnock Dock Branch Junction Ibrox Junction Edmiston Drive Depot [Subway] Moorepark Junction North British Tube Works Govan Destructor Broomload Tarpaulin Works Helen Street Junction Broomloan Tarpaulin Works Moore Park Boiler Works Plantation Boiler Works Ladywell Wire Works Tourist/other House for an Art Lover Ibrox Stadium Bellahouston Park [Park] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways |
