Eglinton Street railway station

This article is about the Caledonian Railway station. For the Glasgow & South Western Railway station originally called Eglinton Street, see Cumberland Street railway station.

Eglinton Street
The site of the station in 2019
General information
LocationPort Eglinton, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°50′47″N 4°15′39″W / 55.8465°N 4.2609°W / 55.8465; -4.2609
Platforms6
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCaledonian Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
1 July 1879Opened
(as per Glasgow Herald notice)[1]
28 February 1909Opened
(as documented by Butt)[2]
1 February 1965Closed[2]
Glasgow Central & St Enoch approaches
Legend
Up arrow
City of Glasgow
Union Railway
 Glasgow Central
Left arrowRight arrow Glasgow Central Railway
 St Enoch Glasgow Subway
River Clyde
parts of former station
reused as carriage sidings
 Glasgow Bridge Street
Main Street
(CGUR)
 Gorbals
Left arrow
Glasgow and Paisley
Joint Railway
Cumberland
Street
 Left arrow
City of Glasgow
Union Railway
 Southside
Eglinton Street
Left arrowRight arrow Polloc and Govan Railway
Left arrow
General Terminus and
Glasgow Harbour Railway
 Pollokshields East
Right arrow Cathcart District Railway
 Pollokshields West
Strathbungo
Down arrow
Glasgow, Barrhead and
Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Down arrow Cathcart District Railway

Eglinton Street railway station was a railway station approximately one mile (1.5 kilometres) south of Glasgow Central, in the Port Eglinton district of Glasgow.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference herald1879 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Butt (1990), page 90