Merkland Street subway station

Merkland Street
Location
Place	Partick
Area	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°52′12″N 4°18′35″W / 55.8701°N 4.3097°W / 55.8701; -4.3097Coordinates: 55°52′12″N 4°18′35″W / 55.8701°N 4.3097°W / 55.8701; -4.3097
Operations
Original company	Glasgow District Subway
Platforms	2
History
14 December 1896	Station opened & closed same day^[1]
21 January 1897	Station reopened^[1]
21 May 1977	Station closed^[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Merkland Street station was on the subway in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the only station on the system that has closed permanently. The station opened in 1896. It was located 25 metres to the south-west of its replacement, Partick station and about 300 metres to the south of Partickhill railway station. It closed permanently in 1977 when the rest of the network was closed for modernisation. When the network reopened in 1980, it was replaced by a new station nearby named Partick, offering direct transfers to the rail station of the same name. There is evidence of Merkland Street station's existence due to a long straight and humped stretch on the underground with large diameter tunnels, although the platforms and station buildings no longer remain.

In 1940, during World War II, a German bomb hit the station and it was closed for many months.

Merkland Street is one of the stations mentioned in Cliff Hanley's song The Glasgow Underground.^[2]

References

Notes

1 2 3 Butt (1995), page 158
↑ YouTube - The Glasgow Underground

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
Merkland Street station on navigable OS map
SubBrit article on the Merkland Street

Railway stations and underground stations in Glasgow

City centre stations	Anderston Argyle Street Charing Cross Glasgow Central High Street Queen Street

Other stations	Alexandra Parade Anniesland Ashfield Baillieston Barnhill Bellgrove Bridgeton Cardonald Carmyle Carntyne Cathcart Corkerhill Croftfoot Crookston Crosshill Crossmyloof Dalmarnock Drumchapel Drumry Duke Street Dumbreck Easterhouse Exhibition Centre Garrowhill Garscadden Gilshochill Hillington East Hillington West Hyndland Jordanhill Kelvindale Kennishead King's Park Langside Maryhill Maxwell Park Mosspark Mount Florida Mount Vernon Muirend Nitshill Partick Pollokshaws East Pollokshaws West Pollokshields East Pollokshields West Possilpark and Parkhouse Priesthill and Darnley Queen's Park Scotstounhill Shawlands Shettleston Springburn Summerston

Glasgow Subway stations	Hillhead Kelvinbridge St George's Cross Cowcaddens Buchanan Street St Enoch Bridge Street West Street Shields Road Kinning Park Cessnock Ibrox Govan Partick Kelvinhall

Disused stations	Bellahouston Botanic Gardens Bridge Street Bridgeton Central Buchanan Street (mainline) College Crow Road Cumberland Street Dawsholm Dunlop Street Eglinton Street Finnieston Gallowgate Gallowgate Central Glasgow Cross Glasgow Green Gorbals Govan Hyndland Ibrox Kelvinbridge Kelvinside Kirklee Main Street Maryhill Central Merkland Street Mount Vernon North Parkhead Stadium (GCR) Parkhead North (NBR) Partick Central (aka Kelvin Hall) Partickhill Partick West Pollokshields Possil Shields Shields Road Southside St Enoch (mainline) Strathbungo Tollcross Whiteinch Victoria Park

Transport in Glasgow	Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

UK railway stations:	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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