West Street Mineral Depot
Location type
SidingsName and dates
West Street Mineral DepotOpened on the General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway.
Description
This was a large mineral depot in Glasgow, built on the site of a former brickfield. It was enclosed by the General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway alignment from Terminus Junction (west) to West Street Junction [CR] (east) to the south, the City of Glasgow Union Railway to the north and Tradeston Gasworks No 3 and West Street itself to the east.
The sidings fanned out from the east and there was a connection into the gas works on the east side.
So large was the yard it had its own signal box at the exit. This closed in 1908, along with the box at West Street Junction [CR], when both boxes were replaced with a new box at West Street Junction [CR].
The site of the depot is now an industrial estate to the west of West Street.
Tags
Siding goods minerals10/03/2021
| Nearby stations West Street Shields Shields Road [CGU] Shields Road [GPJ] West Street [Subway] Shields Road [Subway] Eglinton Street Cumberland Street Pollokshields East South Side [GB and NDR] Bridge Street [Subway] South Side [CR] Main Street Gorbals Gorbals Bridge Street | Terminus Junction Shields Bank Signal Box Tradeston Gasworks No 3 Tradeston Destructor Scotland Street Iron Works West Street Junction [GSWR] Scotland Street Subway Power Station Cook Street Junction Howden Scotland Street Works Shields Tunnel [Terminus] Eglinton Foundry Shields Tunnel [Clydesdale] West Street Goods Tourist/other Pollokshields Signal Box Shields Signal Box |
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