Crow Road railway station

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Crow Road
Location
Location Broomhill
Area Glasgow
Operations
Original company Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Platforms 2
History
10 October 1896 Opened
6 November 1960 Closed
1970 Station demolished
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

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Crow Road railway station was located in Glasgow, Scotland and served the Broomhill and Hyndland areas of that city.

On the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway it was located on the road from which it took its name and sat to the north of a tunnel which connected it with Partick West railway station. The line ran on to Kelvinside railway station underneath the present day Hyndland railway station, which opened the day before Crow Road closed, on the modern Argyle and North Clyde lines.

Crow Road station was closed as part of the Beeching Axe along with other stations on the line it was part of.

[edit] Route

Preceding station Historical Railways Following station
Partick West
Line and station closed
  Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway

operated by Caledonian Railway

  Kelvinside
Line and station closed
Whiteinch Riverside
Line and station closed
  Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway

operated by Caledonian Railway