Partick Central railway station

55°52′09″N 4°18′03″W / 55.8693°N 4.3007°W / 55.8693; -4.3007Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLanarkshire and Dunbartonshire RailwayPre-groupingCaledonian RailwayPost-groupingLMSKey dates1 October 1896Opened^[1]15 June 1959Renamed as Kelvin Hall^[1][2]5 October 1964Station closed to passengers (line closed to Stobcross)^[1]23 October 1978Station completely closed (freight service from Yoker)28 January 2007Station building demolished

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.

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.^[3][4]

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  Demolition in progress
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  Demolition complete

However, as at 2023 the site is occupied by West Village student accommodation to the west and modern flats to the east.^[5]

References

City centre stationsOther stationsGlasgow Subway stationsDisused stationsTransport in GlasgowUK railway stations