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Glasgow, 1051 Great Western Road, Kelvinside Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 1051 Great Western Road, Kelvinside Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kelvinside Railway Station; Balgray Tunnel; Lismore Road; Carriages Restaurant
Canmore ID 148508
Site Number NS56NE 1036
NGR NS 55640 68079
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/148508
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Kelvinside Railway Station, 1051 Great Western Road, 1897, J J Burnet
Charming, very finely detailed Italianate villa style, with wide central bay at ground floor and Doric frieze at eaves. Converted to restaurant 1980, rebuilt as Stazione Restaurant 1998 after fire.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NS56NE 1036 55640 68079
Kelvinside Station (disused) [NAT]
OS 1:1250 map, 1981.
Not to be confused with Glasgow, Great Western Road, Botanic Gardens Station (NS 5681 6739), for which see NS56NE 214.
Formerly also entered as NS56NE 4903 at cited location NS 55640 68080.
See also NS56NE 4903.
Architect: Sir John James Burnet, 1896-7.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Kelvinside Railway Station, 1051 Great Western Road. Built c. 1896 for the Glashow Central Railway. J J Burnet, architect. A 2-platform through station in a cutting, with a 2-storey, 3- by 3-bay Renaiisance sandstone surface building, including a station house. There are the remains of stairways to the platforms. On the E side was a large goods yard. Closed to passengers 1 July 1942.
J R Hume 1974.
This intermediate station on the Balornock - Maryhill - Partick ('Glasgow belt') line of the former Caledonian Rly was opened on 1 October 1896 by the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Rly, forming part of the Glasgow Central Rly project. It closed to regular passenger traffic on 1 January 1917, reopened on 1 June 1919, and was finally closed (by the London, Midland and Scottish Rly) on 1 July 1942.
The station was designed by J J Burnet, architect, and is a two-platform through station set in a cutting. There are a two-storey, three- by three-bay surface building (including a station house) of sandstone in Renaissance style, and also the remains of stairways to the platforms. There was a large goods yard on the E side.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 August 1999.
C Johnston and J R Hume 1979; R V J Butt 1995.
This station incorporates the SW portal of Balgray tunnel (NS56NE 4903).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 December 2005.
NS56NE 1036 55640 68079
Architect:
Sir John James Burnet, 1896-7.
