Main Street railway station (Glasgow)

Main Street railway station, Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland, was built by the City of Glasgow Union Railway while the new line from Shields Junction to St Enoch station was being developed in the 1870s. It was situated adjacent to Gorbals station, which served trains on the Barrhead branch line to St Enoch, close to where the two lines merged at Gorbals Junction. Remnants of both stations can still be seen in Gorbals Street and Hospital Street.

Glasgow Central & St Enoch approaches
City of Glasgow Union Railway Glasgow Central Glasgow Central Railway St Enoch River Clyde parts of former station reused as carriage sidings Glasgow Bridge Street Main Street (CGUR) Gorbals Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Cumberland Street   City of Glasgow Union Railway Southside Eglinton Street Polloc and Govan Railway General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway Pollokshields East Cathcart District Railway Pollokshields West Strathbungo Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Cathcart District Railway

Main Street station was in use from 1872 until 1900,[1] when a new station in Cumberland Street replaced it, following the doubling of the track from Port Eglinton to St Enoch station.[2]

References

1. The Buildings of Scotland, Glasgow, Penguin Books, 1990, page 521
2. Glasgow and South Western Railway 1850-1923, Stephenson Locomotive Society, 1950

External links

• Photographs, maps and plans of disused stations in Gorbals