Kelvinside railway station
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Kelvinside railway station was located on Great Western Road, next to the current Gartnavel General Hospital in the Kelvinside area of Glasgow, Scotland. Part of the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway services ran through the station from Glasgow city centre to Maryhill in the north of the city and beyond. The line from the station to Crow Road railway station passes under the current site of Hyndland railway station on the Argyle and North Clyde lines.
It was a two platform station, with a nearby goods yard. Upon closure of the station and its line as part of the Beeching Axe the area has now been redeveloped with housing. The former station building was designed by Sir J.J. Burnet and was subjected to numerous arson and vandalism attacks while it was closed but now houses a restaurant called 'Bar Stazione'. Previously, the building housed a restaurant and bar called 'Carriages' but it burned down completely in December 1995 and lay as a ruin for many years before reopening in its present incarnation.
The Caledonian Railway monogram "CR" is still carved into the stone on the building's north facade.
Preceding station | Historical Railways | Following station | ||
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Crow Road Line and station closed |
Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway | Maryhill Central Line and station closed |