RAILSCOT | Saltmarket Junction

Junction

Saltmarket Junction (1882-1966)

Opened on the City of Glasgow Union Railway.

A curve opened from Saltmarket Junction on the existing line from Gorbals Junction to High Street Junction (1871) in 1882. This served platforms 1 and 2 at Glasgow St Enoch. A signal box opened with the junction, in its 'V'.

The box closed in 1933 when subsumed by the the new box Glasgow St Enoch.

The junction and line were closed with the passenger closure of the station in 1966. The main line from Gorbals Junction to High Street Junction remains open.

Junction

Nearby stations Glasgow Cross Gallowgate Dunlop Street Argyle Street College [1st] High Street Glasgow St Enoch St Enoch [Subway] Glasgow Queen Street Low Level Glasgow Queen Street High Level Glasgow Green Central Station Broomielaw Hoist Gallowgate Central Glasgow Central Buchanan Street [Subway]	St Enoch Locomotive Depot Clyde Junction [CGU] Cumberland Foundry College Goods Union Bridge St Johns Junction Greyfriars Wynd Works Anderston Tunnel Saracen Tool Works Bridgeton Central Junction Custom House Quay [Glasgow] High Street Goods Tourist/other Hutcheson^s Hospital St Enoch Shopping Centre Nelson^s Monument
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

/ /1884	City of Glasgow Union Railway St Enoch Locomotive Depot opened. This was built in the triangle of lines bounded by Glasgow St Enoch station, Saltmarket Junction and Clyde Junction. The lines ran south from the shed to Clyde Junction. The area under the shed was notorious for oil dripping down on passers by.

03/08/2022	Improvement work set to begin on Glasgow city centre rail bridge [Network Rail]