Parkhead North | |
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General information | |
Location | Parkhead, Glasgow Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°51′22″N 4°11′53″W / 55.8560°N 4.1981°W / 55.8560; -4.1981 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Coatbridge Branch |
Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
Post-grouping | LNER |
Key dates | |
1 February 1871 | Opened as Parkhead |
30 June 1952 | Renamed as Parkhead North |
19 September 1955 | Closed |
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Parkhead was a railway station in the east end of Glasgow. It was opened as Parkhead, by the North British Railway on 1 February 1871. It was renamed Parkhead North on 30 June 1952 by British Railways. This was to differentiate it from the nearby ex-Caledonian Railway Parkhead station on the former Glasgow Central Railway.
The station was closed to passengers on 19 September 1955.
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Carntyne Line and Station open |
Coatbridge Branch North British Railway |
Bellgrove Line and Station open |
References
Notes
- ^ Butt (1995)
- ^ Daniels & Dench 1973, p. 85
- RAILSCOT
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (May 1973) . Passengers No More (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0438-2. OCLC 2554248. 1513 CEC 573.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- The Railway Clearing House (1970) . The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
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