St Rollox [2nd]
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StationName and dates
St Rollox [2nd] (1883-1962)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Buchanan Street Extension (Caledonian Railway).Description
This was a two platform station opened with the major expansion of the St Rollox Works. It was located in a cutting to the north of the works.
There were buildings on each platform, the larger on the eastbound with glazed canopies. Ramps ran down to the platforms from Springburn Road, west of the station, under which the line passed in a short tunnel.
Directly to the north was Sighthill Goods which, particularly after the British Railways rebuilding of the depot, overshadowed the station. To the south was the St Rollox Works. The station was very much hemmed in.
After closure the cutting was infilled. A footpath now runs along the former trackbed, obviously at a higher level.
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NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
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| Nearby stations Glasgow (Townhead) Barnhill Springburn Garngad Cowlairs Buchanan Street High Street Eastfield Platform Glasgow Queen Street High Level Glasgow Queen Street Low Level College [1st] Alexandra Parade Cowcaddens [Subway] Buchanan Street [Subway] Ashfield | Sighthill Goods St Rollox Works Sighthill West Junction [1st] Inchbelly Works Locomotive Sheds Junction St Rollox Goods East Glasgow Pipe Foundry Clyde Bottle Works St Rollox Malleable Iron Works Glasgow Corporation Cleansing Works Sidings Castle Street Coal Depot St Rollox Flax Mills St Rollox Foundry St Rollox Works Paint Shop Tourist/other Inchbelly Level Crossing |
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