Maryhill Central railway station

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Maryhill Central
This is all that is visible of the southern portal of the former Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway line heading north from Maryhill Central station. Hidden behind the Gala Bingo club, the tunnel entrance as been backfilled with earth, and the arch keystone is visible behind the shrubbery. Crossing above is Glasgow Branch of the Forth & Clyde Canal
Location
Location Maryhill
Area Glasgow
Operations
Original company Glasgow Central Railway
Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Platforms 4
History
26 November 1894 Opened
1 May 1939 Closed to passengers
5 October 1964 Line closed
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Maryhill Central was a railway station to the North West of Glasgow.

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[edit] Location

To the west of the station was a triangular set of junctions. Immediately to the west was Maryhill Central junction were the line to Kirklee diverged to the south and the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway headed east to Bellshaugh Junction where the western side of the triangle (from Kirklee Junction at the southern point of the junctions) and the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway met before the line to Dawsholm diverged to the north. The station served the nearby Maryhill Barracks and it was from this station that tanks and soldiers departed for Buchanan Street Station in order to be deployed at George Square in the 'Red Scare' of January 1919.

[edit] Closure

It was closed to passengers 2 November 1959 on the Glasgow Central Railway route and on 5 October 1964 on the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway between Possil and Partick, with the lines in the area being closed at the beginning of October 1964.

[edit] Current site usage

The site of the Station is now occupied by Maryhill Shopping Centre which was built the early 1980s. A space was left in the basement of the Shopping Centre to allow the line to be re-opened in future however, this was still considered an option in the mid 1990's with the building of a large bingo hall on the cutting east of site still left a channel for the original line to be re-opened below ground. However this prospect was put to rest in 1999 with the sale of land for housing along many parts of the track in the Kirklee and Cleveden sections of the track. Also the demolition of many of the bridges around the same area for safety reasons.

[edit] Railway routes

Preceding station Historical Railways Following station
Dawsholm
Line and station closed		   Glasgow Central Railway   Terminus
Kirklee
Line and station closed		   Glasgow Central Railway  
Kelvinside
Line and station closed		   Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway   Possil
Line and station closed


[edit] 1923 Map of Maryhill

Map of railways in the locality in 1923. Both Maryhill stations are shown, Maryhill Central (also confusingly called 'Maryhill') is adjacent to the Barracks
Map of railways in the locality in 1923. Both Maryhill stations are shown, Maryhill Central (also confusingly called 'Maryhill') is adjacent to the Barracks


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