Kirklee
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StationName and dates
Kirklee (1896-1939)Opened on the Glasgow Central Railway.
Description
This was a two platform station with buildings by John James Burnet. The main building was on the northbound platform alongside Kirklee Place.
To the north the lines to Bellshaugh Junction and Maryhill Central divided at Kirklee Junction, the south apex of a triangular junction. Kirklee Goods was within the triangle of lines. The signal box was on the east side of the junction.
The Bellshaugh Junction fork closed in 1960. From Maryhill Central to Kelvin Bridge station remained open for goods as a single track line until 1964.
The southern portion of the platforms remain, overgrown and derelict. The infilled bridge carrying Kirklee Road remains at the north end. Between these, flats have been built on the northern end of the station.
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StationAliases
Kirklee StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
| Nearby stations Botanic Gardens Hillhead [Subway] Maryhill Central Hyndland [1st] Kelvinside Kelvin Bridge Kelvinbridge [Subway] Kelvinhall [Subway] Dawsholm Hyndland Kelvin Hall Partick [Subway] Crow Road Partickhill Partick | Kirklee Junction Botanic Gardens Tunnel Kirklee Goods Kirklee Goods Signal Box Maryhill Central Junction Bellshaugh Junction Great Western Road Tunnel Dawsholm Viaduct Dawsholm Shed Ruchill Street Bridge [FCC] Cooper and Co Hyndland Depot Glasgow Lead and Colour Works Tourist/other Glasgow Royal Botanic Gardens Maryhill East Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Footbridge over KelvinThe footbridge over the River Kelvin (rebuilt 2002 after its destruction in floods) east of the former station, now known as the 'ha'penny bridge' for its former toll, dates from 1886 and was not built for access to the station. It gave access to the 'Three Tree Well', buried in 1894 with the building of the bridge over Ford Road. Even the 1886 footbridge was not the first, there was another just to the south. |
Chronology Dates
| / /1894 | Glasgow Central Railway Glasgow Council requests a bridge be built over the River Kelvin to the east of Kirklee station, connecting Ford Road, the station (both on the west bank) and Kelvin Drive (east bank). |
| /12/1894 | Glasgow Central Railway Kirklee and Kelvin Bridge opened to merchandise (light goods). |
| 10/08/1896 | Glasgow Central Railway Maryhill Central to Glasgow Central Low Level to Glasgow Cross opened. Maryhill Central, Kirklee, Botanic Gardens, Kelvin Bridge, Stobcross, Anderston Cross and Glasgow Central Low Level stations opened. |
| 01/05/1939 | Glasgow Central Railway Kirklee closed. |
| / /1970 | Glasgow Central Railway Kirklee station buildings demolished. |
News items
| 18/01/2022 | Calls for old Glasgow West End rail way station to re-open as tourist attraction [Clyde 1] |
| 12/02/2005 | Walking tour around Dawsholm (Caledonian Railway Association) |
