Merkland Street [Subway]
Location type
StationName and dates
Merkland Street [Subway] (1896-1977)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Glasgow District Subway.Description
This was an underground station. The east end is directly below the embankment of Partick station which is above at street level.
The street entrance was located on Merkland Street. Partickhill station was to the north across Dumbarton Road.
The station had an island platform.
The station closed in 1977 and was replaced by Partick [Subway] which is to its immediate east. This is part of a combined station with Partick and Partick Subway] which share facilities, and a bus station to the immediate east.
Known as Partick West [Subway] before opening.
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Station subway stationAliases
Partick West [Subway]External links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Partick Partick [Subway] Partickhill Partick West Yorkhill Kelvin Hall Kelvinhall [Subway] Govan [Subway] Govan Crow Road Hyndland [1st] Hyndland Whiteinch Riverside Hillhead [Subway] Botanic Gardens | Merklands Tram Depot Merkland Street Tunnel Partickhill Goods [NBR] Tod and McGregor^s Graving Dock Meadowside Shipbuilding Yard Partick East Junction Kelvin Viaduct Pointhouse Shipbuilding Yard Slit Grain Mills Inglis Boilerworks Tourist/other Meadowside Landing Stage Govan Wharf Govan Wharf Landing Stage Pointhouse Quay Riverside Museum |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
News items
| 31/07/2022 | The story of the only Glasgow Subway station to close, Merkland Street [GlasgowLive] |
Books
 Circles Under the Clyde - A History of the Glasgow Underground | Glasgow Underground |  Glasgow Underground: The Glasgow District Subway |
