Partick West railway station

Partick West
April 1962
Location
Place	Thornwood
Area	Glasgow
Operations
Original company	Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Platforms	4
History
10 October 1896	Opened
5 October 1964	Closed
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Partick West railway station is a disused station that served the Partick area of the city of Glasgow, particularly the Thornwood section of Partick from 1896 to 1964. It was a four platform station on the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway, with two platforms on an east-west line with services between Dumbarton and Glasgow city centre and a further two platforms on a north-south line with services between Maryhill and the city centre.

The station was situated beside the imposing building of the Meadowside Granary, which has since been demolished and replaced by part of the Glasgow Harbour development. Passenger services stopped using Partick West in the 1960s as part of the Beeching Axe which drastically cut rail services across the United Kingdom.

Partick West was one of three stations which served the Partick area, along with Partickhill and Partick Central (latterly called Kelvin Hall). None of these stations exist now, and since 1979 the area has been served by one Partick station which combines rail, underground and bus services.

Routes

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Partick Central Line and station closed		Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway operated by Caledonian Railway		Crow Road Line and station closed
Partick Central Line and station closed		Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway operated by Caledonian Railway		Whiteinch Riverside Line and station closed

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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

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Coordinates: 55°52′11″N 4°19′04″W / 55.8696°N 4.3179°W / 55.8696; -4.3179

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