Partick Central railway station

"Kelvin Hall railway station" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Kelvinhall subway station.

Partick Central
250px The former station building for Partick Central, latterly used as an auction house
Location
Place	Partick
Area	Glasgow
Coordinates
Operations
Original company	Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Platforms	2
History
1 October 1896	Opened
15 June 1959	Renamed as Kelvin Hall
5 October 1964	Station closed to passengers (line closed to Stobcross)
23 October 1978	Station completely closed (freight service from Yoker)
28 January 2007	Station building demolished
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Partick Central railway station was a station serving the Partick area of the city of Glasgow. Built in the 1890s by the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway Company, it sat on a line that ran along the north bank of the River Clyde from Stobcross to Dumbarton.

History

The station was renamed Kelvin Hall in 1959, as it was in the vicinity of the building of that name, and was close, but not attached to, the Partick Cross station on the Glasgow Subway.

File:Beneath Partick Central station.jpg

Looking beneath the station building, the trackbed has been lifted but the platform edge remains visible

Passenger and goods services to the station ceased in 1964 when it closed as part of the Beeching cuts to rail services across the UK. The station building was later used as a workshop and an auction house before lying empty for a number of years. The remains of the platforms and trackbed, which were underneath the station building, have been removed but the railway's route is fairly discernible. The station's goods yard served as a site for travelling people and as a scrap merchants.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Stobcross now named Exhibition Centre Station open; Line partially open		Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway operated by Caledonian Railway		Partick West Line and station closed

Redevelopment of site

The site had been empty and awaiting redevelopment when in 2004 it emerged that the supermarket chain Tesco wished to develop a 24-hour operation there, in the face of local opposition. Tesco had the station building demolished on 28 January 2007, before planning permission had been given for the development from Glasgow City Council.

• Demolition of Partick Central railway station.jpg

  Demolition in progress

• Demolition of Partick Central railway station 2.jpg

  Demolition complete

References

Sources

• Partick Central station on navigable OS map
• The Disused Partick Central Station