Glasgow Central Railway

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[edit] Early days

The Glasgow Central Railway company received royal assent in 1888. The following year the company was absorbed into the Caledonian Railway. The line was opened in sections:

• 26 November 1894 - Stobcross to Maryhill
• 1 November 1895 - Rutherglen to Glasgow Cross
• 1 October 1896 - Line through Glasgow Central Low Level
• 1 February 1897 - Link through Carmyle to Newton open

In 1923, the Railway became part of LMS.

[edit] Connections to other lines

[edit] Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway

Via a underground junction at Stobcross, and a triangular junction at Maryhill Central.

[edit] London Road Link

A connection to allow access to the north of Glasgow, including the sidings at Parkhead Forge and the Buchanan Street Main Line.

[edit] Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway

Still open for Whifflet Line services. The junctions gave access to Coatbridge and the link onto Newton.

[edit] Clydesdale Junction Railway

Still open with WCML and Argyle Line services. At Newton connected to allow trains to head in a easterly direction. At Rutherglen access to the WCML is in both directions via a triangle of lines.

[edit] Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway

Now part of the Kirkhill Branch of the Cathcart Circle, the Glasgow Central connected to allow trains to head in a westerly direction.

[edit] Closures and current operations

There were a number of individual station closures prior to the line being closed:

• 1 January 1917 - Glasgow Green (reopened on 1 June 1919)
• 6 February 1939 - Botanic Gardens
• 1 May 1939 - Kirklee
• 4 August 1952 - Kelvinbridge
• 3 August 1959 - Stobcross; Anderston

The line was closed to passengers between Maryhill Central and Stobcross on 2 November 1959, although freight from Maryhill through to the docks at Stobcross continued until 14 August 1960 and Kelvinbridge until 6 July 1964. On 5 October 1964 the remaining passenger services were withdrawn. The only section of the line that remained open was between Tollcross and Tollcross East Junction (at Carmyle) for freight until 4 April 1966.

The line between Rutherglen and Exhibition Centre was re-opened as part of the Argyle Line in 1979, which included the construction of a new station at Argyle Street.