Springburn Park Goods
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Springburn Park Goods (1895-1966)Opened on the Hamiltonhill Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This goods yard was on the Hamiltonhill Branch (Caledonian Railway). It was east of Balgrayhill Road on the north side of the line and approached, by reversal, from the east. When opened it was very much in the countryside, except for quarrying activity.
Just to the north was the large Huntershill Quarry (rail served from the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway).
The signal box was on the north side of the line alongside Balgrayhill Road, with the yard to its north.
The yard was equipped with sidings and a loading bank.
East of the station, on the south side of the line and approached from the west, was a siding for the laundry at Stobhill Hospital, terminating in front the clock tower.
The signal box closed in 1966 when the line from Balornock Junction to Partick West Junction closed.
The site of Springburn Park Goods is now housing.
Tags
Goods08/05/2022
| Nearby stations Bishopbriggs Eastfield Platform Ashfield Springburn Cowlairs Possilpark and Parkhouse Barnhill Possilpark (Private) Possil North St Rollox [2nd] Garngad Glasgow (Townhead) Lochburn Robroyston Gilshochill | Huntershill Brick Works Huntershill Quarry Eagle Iron Works Crowgill Quarry Ironstone Pit Coltpark Quarry Coltmuir Quarry St Mungo Works Venmure Quarry Springburn Park Winter Gardens Eastfield Tip Ironstone Pit Ironstone pits Eastfield TMD Tourist/other Stobhill Hospital |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Winter GardensThe Winter Gardens building located in Springburn Park, once the largest glasshouse in Britain, was built in 1900 with £12,000 from William Reid (Neilson, Reid and Company, locomotive builders). Sadly derelict and without glazing. |
Chronology Dates
| /12/1894 | Hamiltonhill Branch (Caledonian Railway) Springburn Park Goods opened for goods. |
| 22/02/1966 | Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway Partick West Junction to Balornock Junction closed to freight and completely. Crow Road, Bellshaugh Junction, Maryhill Central Junction, Possil North (named Possil), Springburn Park Goods (named Springburn Park), Balornock Junction signal boxes closed on line closure. Access to the remains of the L&DR is made via the Rothesay Dock Branch (North British Railway and Caledonian Railway) with a reversal at Rothesay Dock Yard. |
