Partick Central | |||||
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 The former station building for Partick Central, latterly used as an auction house | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Partick,Glasgow Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°52′09″N4°18′03″W / 55.8693°N 4.3007°W /55.8693; -4.3007 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LMS | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 October 1896 | Opened[1] | ||||
| 15 June 1959 | Renamed asKelvin Hall[1][2] | ||||
| 5 October 1964 | Station closed to passengers (line closed to Stobcross)[1] | ||||
| 23 October 1978 | Station completely closed (freight service from Yoker) | ||||
| 28 January 2007 | Station building demolished | ||||
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Partick Central railway station was astation serving thePartick area of the city ofGlasgow. Built in the 1890s by theLanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway Company, it sat on a line that ran along the north bank of theRiver Clyde from Stobcross toDumbarton.
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The station was renamedKelvin Hall in 1959, as it was in the vicinity of thebuilding of that name, and was close, but not attached to, thePartick Cross station on theGlasgow Subway.
Passenger and goods services to the station ceased in 1964 when it closed as part of theBeeching cuts to rail services across the UK. The station building was later used as a workshop and an auction house before lying empty for a number of years. The remains of the platforms and trackbed, which were underneath the station building, have been removed but the railway's route is fairly discernible. The station's goods yard served as a site for travelling people and as a scrap merchants.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Stobcross now named Exhibition Centre Station open; Line partially open | Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway operated byCaledonian Railway | Partick West Line and station closed | ||
The site had been empty and awaiting redevelopment when in 2004 it emerged that the supermarket chainTesco wished to develop a 24-hour operation there, in the face of local opposition. Tesco had the station building demolished on 28 January 2007, before planning permission had been given for the development fromGlasgow City Council.[3][4]
However, as at 2023 the site is occupied by West Village student accommodation to the west and modern flats to the east.[5]
