Glasgow Cross railway station

Glasgow Cross
Glasgow Cross railway station on the left.
Location
Place	Glasgow
Area	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°51′01″N 4°13′40″W / 55.85022°N 4.22773°WCoordinates: 55°51′01″N 4°13′40″W / 55.85022°N 4.22773°W
Operations
Original company	Glasgow Central Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Platforms	2
History
1 November 1895	Opened
5 October 1964	Closed
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Glasgow Cross was a railway station in the city centre of Glasgow.

History

This station was opened on 1 November 1895 by the Glasgow Central Railway.^[1]

It was closed, with the line through Glasgow Central (Low Level), on 5 October 1964.^[1]

Argyle Line

Site of the former station today

When the Argyle Line was opened in 1979, Glasgow Cross station was not reopened. Today it is now a ghost station and at surface level the only evidence of its existence are decorative ventilation grilles on the traffic island, between Trongate and London Road, whilst at track level there is a widening of the formation.

There have been rumours of the station being re-opened as an interchange with Glasgow Crossrail, which itself includes proposals for a new Glasgow Cross station located on the City Union bridge, tucked behind the Mercat Building.

Note - Argyle Street station was not in existence until the 1979 re-opening

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995)

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
• Two pictures: One at street level; the other a platform level