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Glasgow, 299 West Street, West Street Subway Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 299 West Street, West Street Subway Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) West Street, Underground Station
Canmore ID 167868
Site Number NS56SE 859
NGR NS 58240 64154
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/167868
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56SE 859 58240 64154
Location formerly entered as NS 5824 6413.
For general account of the Glasgow Subway station, see NS56NE 4915.
West Street
Underground Station [NAT].
OS 1:1250 map, 1971.
West Street Underground Station, 299 West Street, built c. 1895 for the Glasgow District Subway Co. Hohn Gordon, architect. A small single-strorey terra-cotta brick building with an ornamental gablet over the entrance, surmounted by a ball finial. The structure houses the booking office and the head of the stairway to the underground island platform.
J R Hume 1974.
West Street 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 reopened on 16 January 1990, and remains in regular use by passenger traffic.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 February 2006.
R V J Butt 1995.
