Parkhead North railway station

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Parkhead North
Location
Location Parkhead
Area Glasgow
Operations
Original company Coatbridge Branch
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 February 1871 Opened as Parkhead
30 June 1952 Renamed as Parkhead North
19 September 1958 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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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 the British Railways Board.[1] This was 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 1958.[1]

Preceding station Historical Railways Following station
Carntyne
Line and Station open
  Coatbridge Branch

North British Railway

  Bellgrove
Line and Station open

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Butt (1995)

[edit] 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, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
  • The Railway Clearing House (1904). The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904, (1970 Reprint), Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 1-7153-5120-6.