Gorbals railway station

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Gorbals
Location
Place	Glasgow
County	Lanarkshire
Operations
Original company	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping company	Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Platforms	2
History
Key dates	Opened 1 September 1877
	Closed 1 June 1928
Disused railway stations in Scotland
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z

Gorbals railway station was a railway station serving the Gorbals area of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.

[edit] History

The station opened on 1 September 1877 as the new terminus for the line when the old terminus, South Side station, would close a month later. Gorbals station closed to passengers permanently on 28 May 1962.

[edit] References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford.

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Strathbungo Line open; station closed		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways  Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway		Terminus
Terminus		Glasgow and South Western Railway  City of Glasgow Union Line		St Enoch Line and station closed