Ruchill Hospital
Location type
Name and dates
Ruchill Hospital (1900-1998)Opened on the Hamiltonhill Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
In 1894 a goods only branch opened from Possil Junction and petered out in a field not far from Hamiltonhill Basin. This was the Hamiltonhill Branch (Caledonian Railway) which had been intended to serve a goods depot.
The branch did find use when Ruchill Hospital opened next to an existing wash house and disinfection station alongside the end of the line. Construction of the hospital began in 1895 and it opened in 1900.
The hospital was served by a siding which was reached by reversal from the end of the line.
The line closed in 1963. The hospital itself closed in 1998.
Tags
HospitalExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
| Nearby stations Possilpark (Private) Possilpark and Parkhouse Possil North Ashfield Eastfield Platform Lochburn Maryhill Central Cowlairs Gilshochill St Georges Cross [Subway] Kelvinbridge [Subway] Kelvin Bridge Kirklee Botanic Gardens Cowcaddens [Subway] | North Western Engineering Works Possilpark Goods Possilpark Junction Western Saw Mills Firhill Timber Basin Firhill Slip Docks Saracen Foundry Forth Glass Works [Firhill] Firhill Timber Basin Firhill Iron Works Clydesdale Iron Works [Possil Park] Possil Engine Works Springbank Iron Works Tourist/other Possil House Ruchill House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
