Temple Gas Works Exchange Sidings [CR]
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SidingsName and dates
Temple Gas Works Exchange Sidings [CR]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 exchange yard was to the south of the Temple Gas Works. It was served by a branch of the Glasgow Central Railway approached from Dawsholm through Dawsholm Tunnel and lined cutting from the east.
From this yard the Temple Gas Works could be reached on private lines by double reversal. Reversing from the yard the line continued in a tunnel under the Forth and Clyde Canal to the Dawsholm Gas Works. (Dawsholm-Temple Gas Works Tunnel)
The sidings were lifted in the late 1960s.
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Sidings exchange yard gas worksExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
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04/06/2020
| Nearby stations Kelvindale Anniesland Dawsholm Kelvinside Maryhill Jordanhill Hyndland Hyndland [1st] Maryhill [Temporary] Summerston Crow Road Kirklee Westerton Maryhill Central Scotstoun Show Yard | Temple Gas Works Dawsholm Junction Ironstone Pit Temple Works (Engineering) Temple Iron Works Knightswood South Junction Lock 26 [FCC] Ironstone Pit Ironstone Pit Govan Cottage Coal Pit Dawsholm-Temple Gas Works Tunnel Dawsholm Sidings Kelvinside Brick Works Lock 27 [FCC] Tourist/other Maryhill West Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
