Glasgow, Cowlairs Junction Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Cowlairs Junction Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cowlairs Railway Station; Cowlairs Station; Cowlairs Incline
Canmore ID 167777
Site Number NS66NW 217
NGR NS 6007 6773
NGR Description NS c. 6007 6773
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/167777
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS66NW 217 c. 6007 6773
NMRS REFERENCE
Glasgow, Cowlairs Junction Station.
Depicted on the revised 2nd edition of the 25-inch map (Lanarkshire 1913, sheet VI.3)
Station probably opened 31.05.1858 as junction of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Glasgow, Dunbarton and Helensburgh Railways. Closed 02.03.1964.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
Mitchell Library, Glasgow. William Graham Vol. I, p.7 - photograph
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Situated within the complex network of junctions and railway works at the upper (NE) end of the Cowlairs incline (NS56NE 1866.00), this station was opened by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rly on 21 February 1842. It subsequently passed to the North British Rly, and closed to regular passenger traffic on 7 September 1964.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 February 2006.
R V J Butt 1995.
