Kelvindale

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Kelvindale (2005-)

Where: Glasgow City, Scotland
Opened on the Stobcross Railway.
Open on the Glasgow to Anniesland via Maryhill.

Description

This is a single platform station. It is built on the former westbound line of the curve between Maryhill Park Junction and Knightswood South Junction.

The station is approached by a long walkway and wheelchair access ramps. Part of this approach was the site of a group of sidings associated with the Dawsholm Gas Works.

The long approach is maintained as a garden.

The line between Glasgow Queen Street High Level and Anniesland is supported and promoted by the Glasgow North Community Rail Partnership .

Tags

Station

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map


Chronology Dates

  /09/2005Stobcross Railway
Re-opening of 1.6km of line between Maryhill Park Junction and Anniesland with a new Kelvindale station.
24/09/2005Stobcross Railway
Official opening of Kelvindale by Strathclyde Passenger Transport Chairman Alistair Watson.
26/09/2005Stobcross Railway
Kelvindale station open to public.

News items

30/08/2022Affordable homes to improve accessibility in Kelvindale [Urban Realm]
22/02/2021Glasgow cops bust Covid rules-defying party in Kelvindale railway tunnel [Evening Times]

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways