Commonwealth Games railway station set to reopen [Scotsman]





Date: 02/05/2013

THE transport hub for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will re-open to rail passengers in Dalmarnock in three weeks’ time - six months late because of a surprise find beneath the station. Network Rail said trains would call again at the east end station from Monday, 20 May, 11 months after it was closed for an £11 million upgrade, which will be completed this autumn. Work on a new station building was delayed after the remains of the original station, built in 1895, were found buried beneath the current one. It had re-opened in 1979 after being closed for 15 years.


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Commonwealth Games railway station set to reopen

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THE transport hub for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will re-open to rail passengers in Dalmarnock in three weeks’ time - six months late because of a surprise find beneath the station.

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Platform 2 Level 2 leaving Dalmarnock - February 2007.
Location: Dalmarnock
Company: Glasgow Central Railway
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334 022 stands at Dalmarnock on 9 August 2008 on a southbound service.
Location: Dalmarnock
Company: Glasgow Central Railway
09/08/2008 David Panton
Entrance to the low level Dalmarnock station, looking north along Swanston Street towards the junction with Dalmarnock Road early on a Sunday morning in April 2007. The high level route visible behind the station is the remains of the Switchback, which crossed Dalmarnock Road on a bridge off to the left [see image 23436]. The first Dalmarnock station was opened on this high level line in 1841, but closed in 1895 on the opening of the Glasgow Central route.
Location: Dalmarnock
Company: Glasgow Central Railway
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