Maryhill Central railway station

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 has been backfilled with earth, and the arch keystone is visible behind the shrubbery. Crossing above is the Glasgow Branch of the Forth & Clyde Canal.
Location
Place	Maryhill
Area	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°53′15″N 4°17′16″W / 55.88752°N 4.28782°W / 55.88752; -4.28782Coordinates: 55°53′15″N 4°17′16″W / 55.88752°N 4.28782°W / 55.88752; -4.28782
Operations
Original company	Glasgow Central Railway Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Platforms	4
History
26 November 1894	Opened as Maryhill Barracks
1 October 1895	Renamed as Maryhill^[1]
15 September 1952	Renamed as Maryhill Central^[1]
2 November 1959	GCR services ceased
5 October 1964	Closed to passengers^[1]
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Maryhill Central was a railway station to the north west of Glasgow.

Location

To the west of the station was a triangular set of junctions. Immediately to the west was Maryhill Central junction where 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. There was another Maryhill station to the north.

Closure

It was closed to passengers on 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.

Current site usage

The site of the station is now occupied by Maryhill Shopping Centre which was built in the early 1980s. However, a space was left in the basement of the shopping centre to allow the line to be re-opened in future; this was still considered an option in the mid 1990s with the building of a large bingo hall on the cutting east of site left a channel for the original line to be re-opened below ground. In 1999, however, this prospect was put to rest with the sale of land for housing along many parts of the track in the Kirklee and Cleveden sections of the track along with the demolition of many of the bridges around the same area for safety reasons. Maryhill Shopping Centre was demolished in early 2010 and replaced by a new Tesco supermarket. The void beneath the supermarket for the railway station has again been retained to allow the future possibility of reopening the railway line.

Railway routes

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

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

References

Notes

1 2 3 Butt (1995), page 156

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.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.

Railway stations and underground stations in Glasgow

City centre stations	Anderston Argyle Street Charing Cross Glasgow Central High Street Queen Street

Other stations	Alexandra Parade Anniesland Ashfield Baillieston Barnhill Bellgrove Bridgeton Cardonald Carmyle Carntyne Cathcart Corkerhill Croftfoot Crookston Crosshill Crossmyloof Dalmarnock Drumchapel Drumry Duke Street Dumbreck Easterhouse Exhibition Centre Garrowhill Garscadden Gilshochill Hillington East Hillington West Hyndland Jordanhill Kelvindale Kennishead King's Park Langside Maryhill Maxwell Park Mosspark Mount Florida Mount Vernon Muirend Nitshill Partick Pollokshaws East Pollokshaws West Pollokshields East Pollokshields West Possilpark and Parkhouse Priesthill and Darnley Queen's Park Scotstounhill Shawlands Shettleston Springburn Summerston

Glasgow Subway stations	Hillhead Kelvinbridge St George's Cross Cowcaddens Buchanan Street St Enoch Bridge Street West Street Shields Road Kinning Park Cessnock Ibrox Govan Partick Kelvinhall

Disused stations	Bellahouston Botanic Gardens Bridge Street Bridgeton Central Buchanan Street (mainline) College Crow Road Cumberland Street Dawsholm Dunlop Street Eglinton Street Finnieston Gallowgate Gallowgate Central Glasgow Cross Glasgow Green Gorbals Govan Hyndland Ibrox Kelvinbridge Kelvinside Kirklee Main Street Maryhill Central Merkland Street Mount Vernon North Parkhead Stadium (GCR) Parkhead North (NBR) Partick Central (aka Kelvin Hall) Partickhill Partick West Pollokshields Possil Shields Shields Road Southside St Enoch (mainline) Strathbungo Tollcross Whiteinch Victoria Park

Transport in Glasgow	Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

UK railway stations:	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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