Parkhead North railway station

For other railway stations in the Parkhead area, see Parkhead railway station.

Parkhead North
Location
Place	Parkhead
Area	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°51′22″N 4°11′53″W / 55.8560°N 4.1981°W / 55.8560; -4.1981Coordinates: 55°51′22″N 4°11′53″W / 55.8560°N 4.1981°W / 55.8560; -4.1981
Operations
Original company	Coatbridge Branch
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Platforms	2
History
1 February 1871	Opened as Parkhead^[1]
30 June 1952	Renamed as Parkhead North^[1]
19 September 1955	Closed^[2]^[3]
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Railways in Parkhead area

Legend

City of Glasgow Union Railway

(CoGUR)Alexandra Parade

The Switchback (CR)

(CoGUR)Haghill Goods

Kennyhill Goods(SB CR)

(CoGUR)Duke Street

Haghill Junction

(CB NBR)Camlachie Goods

Parkhead North(CB NBR)

Coatbridge Branch (NBR)

Parkhead Forge Siding(SB CR)

Parkhead Forge Junction

(GCR)Bridgeton

Parkhead Stadium(GCR)

Glasgow Central Railway

London Road Goods(SB CR)

London Road Junction

(GCR)Dalmarnock

Dalmarnock (1841)(SB CR)

Strathclyde Junction

Bridgeton Goods(GCR)

River Clyde

Glasgow Central Railway

Railways:

CB NBR - Coatbridge Branch (NBR)
CoGUR - City of Glasgow Union Railway (Joint G&SWR and NBR)
GCR - Glasgow Central Railway (CR)
SB CR - The Switchback (CR)

Parkhead was a railway station in the east end of Glasgow. It was opened as Parkhead, by the North British Railway on 1 February 1871.^[1] It was renamed Parkhead North on 30 June 1952 by British Railways.^[1] This was to differentiate it from the nearby ex-Caledonian Railway Parkhead station on the former Glasgow Central Railway.

The station was closed to passengers on 19 September 1955.^[2]^[3]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Carntyne Line and Station open		Coatbridge Branch North British Railway		Bellgrove Line and Station open

References

Notes

1 2 3 4 Butt (1995)
1 2 Daniels & Dench 1973, p. 85
1 2 RAILSCOT

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.
Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (May 1973) [1964]. Passengers No More (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0438-2. OCLC 2554248. 1513 CEC 573.
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.
The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.

"RAILSCOT Chronology for Coatbridge Branch". Retrieved 31 December 2011.

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