Glasgow, 1 Cessnock Street, Cessnock Subway Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 1 Cessnock Street, Cessnock Subway Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Walmer Crescent; Cessnock Underground Station
Canmore ID 164832
Site Number NS56SE 666
NGR NS 56432 64510
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/164832
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56SE 666 56432 64510
Location formerly cited as NS 5642 6451.
For general account of the Glasgow Subway system, see NS56NE 4915.
Cessnock Underground Station
(Glasgow Corporation) [NAT]
OS 1:1250 map, 1970.
Cessnock Underground Station [NAT]
OS (GIS) AIB, 2006.
Cessnock Station (Glasgow Subway). This station was opened by the Glasgow District Subway on 14 December 1896, but closed the same day (with the remainder of the system); it was reopened on 21 January 1897. Together with the remainder of the system, the station was closed for refurbishment by the Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive on 21 May 1977. It was reopened as Kelvinhall Station on 16 April 1980. It was closed again (by the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive) on 27 December 1989, but reopened on 16 January 1990 and remains in regular use by passenger traffic.
The 1970 edition of the OS 1:1250 map depicts the main block of this station as a rectangular block (aligned WNW-ESE), from which a passageway leads to SE to an entrance onto Cessnock St at NS 56468 64497.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 February 2006.
R V J Butt 1995.
