Bridge Street railway station
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For the Glasgow subway station of the same name, see Bridge Street subway station.
Bridge Street railway station, now disused, was the original Glasgow terminus of the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway; jointly owned by the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway (GP&G), which later merged with the Caledonian Railway, and the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (GPK&A), which became part of the Glasgow & South Western Railway.[1]
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Glasgow Bridge Street | |
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General information | |
Location | Glasgow, Lanarkshire Scotland |
Coordinates | 55.8533°N 4.2596°W / 55.8533; -4.2596 |
Grid reference | NS586646 |
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Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway |
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31 August 1840 (1840-08-31) | Opened as terminal station |
1879 | Through platforms added |
1 March 1905 (1905-03-01) | Closed |
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Location within the Glasgow City council area |
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The station opened for traffic on the GPK&A in August 1840; and for traffic on the GP&G in March 1841. It was sited in Laurieston on the south side of the River Clyde, but was close to the centre of Glasgow.[1]