Parkhead Stadium
Location type
StationNames and dates
Parkhead [CR] (1897-1952)Parkhead Stadium (1952-1964)
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Glasgow Central Railway.Description
This was a two platform station. Station buildings were at platform level with glazed canopies. There was a signal box (Parkhead Station box 1897-1963) at the east end, north side of the line, and no goods yard. The station was located in a shallow cutting.
The station was just east of Celtic Park stadium.
The box closed in 1963 and line and station in 1964.
The cutting, just south of West Whitby Street (formerly Winston Street), has been filled in.
The next station west was Bridgeton (the now disused island platform at that station) and the line ran under London Road to reach Parkhead.
To the east the next station was Tollcross, although much closer were sidings for various works at Tollcross, controlled by Parkhead East Signal Box.
Parkhead Tram Depot was to the north.
Local
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StationExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
06/08/2019
| Nearby stations London Road [Glasgow] Parkhead North Bridgeton [1st] Bridgeton Goods Dalmarnock Duke Street Carntyne Bridgeton Tollcross Bridgeton [2nd] Alexandra Parade Bellgrove Gallowgate Central Rutherglen Rutherglen [2nd] | Parkhead Tram Depot Parkhead Forge Carntyne Foundry Lilybank Boiler Works Parkhead Shed Parkhead Junction [NB] Dalmarnock Iron Works Siding Parkhead Junction [CR] Parkhead North Goods Mountblue Engineering Works Mountblue Pottery Tourist/other Celtic Park Parkhead East Signal Box Camlachie Signal Box Loch Katrine Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 03/03/1952 | Glasgow Central Railway Parkhead [CR] renamed Parkhead Stadium. |
| 05/10/1964 | Glasgow Central Railway Partick Central to Rutherglen closed to passengers. Partick West, Glasgow Central Low Level, Glasgow Cross, Bridgeton Cross [CR], Dalmarnock and Rutherglen closed. Bridgeton Cross [CR] to Carmyle to Newton closed to passengers. Bridgeton Cross [CR], Parkhead Stadium, Tollcross and Carmyle closed. Partick Central (excluded) to Strathclyde Junction (excluded) closed to all traffic. Bridgeton Cross [CR] to Tollcross (excluded) closed to all traffic. (The Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway also closed to passengers.) |
News items
| 26/08/2022 | Parkhead station idea discussed at Glasgow council meeting [Glasgow Times] |
