Glasgow, Great Western Road, Kelvinbridge Subway Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Great Western Road, Kelvinbridge Subway Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kelvinbridge Underground Station; Kelvin Bridge Subway Station; Glasgow Subway System; 'clockwork Orange'; Glasgow, Underground Railway System
Canmore ID 277500
Site Number NS56NE 4890
NGR NS 57493 66943
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/277500
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NE 4890 57493 66943
Not to be confused with Kelvinbridge or Kelvin Bridge Station on the Glasgow Central Railway (NS 57380 66962), for which see NS56NE 1470. (This is on the W bank of the River Kelvin, within the civil parish of Govan).
For general account of the Glasgow Subway system, see NS56NE 4915.
Kelvinbridge Underground Station
(Glasgow Corporation) [NAT]
OS 1:1250 map, 1967.
Kelvin Bridge 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 29 [21] May 1977. It was reopened on 16 April 1980, and remains in regular use by passenger traffic.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 February 2006.
R V J Butt 1995.
