Kirklee railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Kirklee
other_name =


caption = Kirklee station platforms in October 2007
line = Glasgow Central Railway
manager = Caledonian Railway
locale = Kelvinside
borough = Glasgow
years = 10 August 1896
events = Opened
years1 = 1 May 1939
events1 = Closed to passengers
years2 = 5 October 1964
events2 = Line closed
years3 = 1971
events3 = Station buildings demolished
years4 =
events4 =
platforms = 2

Kirklee railway station was a railway station serving the Kelvinside area in the West End of Glasgow.

History

The station was opened on 10 August 1896 by the Glasgow Central Railway.Butt, page 136] Also known as Kirklee for North Kelvinside, it was closed between 1 January 1917 and 2 March 1919 due to wartime economy, and closed permanently to passengers on 1 May 1939, with the line being closed on 5 October 1964.

The station building was designed by famous architect Sir J.J. Burnet who earned his knighthood on the basis of his design for the extension of the British Museum. [Urquhart, Chapter on West End Railways] The construction of the station was controversial in the 1890s as it destroyed a local beauty spot known as the Peatree Well. [Morton,] . Little is known of the station's use after closure but a photo taken in 1959 appears to show it in use a private house. [Anderson and Smith,] The station buildings were demolished in 1971 having fallen into disrepair.

The bulk of the station site is now occupied by blocks of apartments, however the platforms partially remain in place to the south, beyond the supports for a bridge which has since been removed, and just before a long tunnel leading to Botanic Gardens railway station. A telegraph pole dating from the line's operation is still present just before the mouth of the tunnel.

Footnotes

References

*Anderson, Paul and Smith, W.A.C. (1993). Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways. Irwell Press. ISBN 1871608333.
*Butt, R. V. J. (1995). "The Directory of Railway Stations". Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
*Morton, Henry B. (1973). 'A Hillhead Album'. Unknown publisher. ISBN 0950203432.
*Urquhart, Gordon R. (2000). 'Along Great Western Road: An Illustrated History of Glasgow's West End'. Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1840331151.

External links

* [http://www.railscot.co.uk/Glasgow_Central_Railway/frame.htm RAILSCOT on the Glasgow Central Railway]

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