Glasgow, Atlas Road, Springburn Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Atlas Road, Springburn Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Springburn Road; 2, 4 Atlas Road
Canmore ID 45023
Site Number NS66NW 35
NGR NS 60648 67632
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45023
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS66NW 35 60648 67632
Station [NAT]
OS 1:1250 map, 1952.
Location formerly entered in error as NS 60560 67681.
Springburn Station, Springburn Road, built 1885-7 for the City of Glasgow Union Rly. J Carsewll, engineer (£3000). A four-platform station, with two through platforms and two bay platforms. A wooden shelter is provided on each platform, and there is a sandstone office block entered from street level, with stairs down to the platforms.
J R Hume 1974.
Springburn Station, Atlas Road. A neat little classical building of 1885 by James Carsewell, Chief Engineer of the City of Glasgow Union Rly.
E Williamson, A Riches and M Higgs 1990.
This intermediate station on the North Glasgow avoiding line of the (former) North British Rly was opened by the City of Glasgow Union Rly on 1 January 1887. It closed on 1 January 1917, reopened on 2 June 1919, was grouped into the London and North-Eastern Rly, and remains in regular use by passenger traffic as part of the electrified Glasgow suburban network.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 December 2005.
R V J Butt 1995.
The location assigned to this record defines the position of the central building on the island platform. The entrance building (nos. 2 and 4 Atlas road) is at NS 60563 67682.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 December 2005.
