Dawsholm
Location type
StationName and dates
Dawsholm (1896-1908)Opened on the Glasgow Central Railway.
Description
This was the terminus of the Glasgow Central Railway branch from Bellshaugh Junction. The station had an island platform with a building at the north end and a glazed canopy running down the platform. It was immediately south of the Kelvin Aqueduct of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
The two faces of the island platform had loops. The railway approached from the south. Painted on the north side of the upper part of the aqueduct was 'Caledonian Railway Dawsholm Passenger Station'. The signal box, opened with the line, was at the south end of the station on the east side of the line in a recess of a steep embankment. The passenger entrance was through the easternmost arch of the aqueduct through which also passed a siding which ran north to the Dawsholm Gas Works, the siding joining the line south of the station. By reversal at the gas works a line could be taken south at a lower level closing to the Kelvin, passing through the second arch from the right, and then over the River Kelvin to the Kelvindale Paper Works.
To the south, on the east side of the line, was Dawsholm Shed, reached by reversal at the former station.
Later a line was installed from south of the station which crossed over the Dawsholm Paper Works line and the River Kelvin to approach the Temple Gas Works from the east.
The station closed in 1908 not long after opening. Although gas works had developed nearby housing in nearby Maryhill and Kelvindale had not yet commenced. For the little housing there was the station was inconvenient being located down on the bank of a river.
After closure the platform was retained for some years and then reduced to a low mount which even survived closure of the railway. The signal box closed in 1932 when yard working applied.
The line closed in 1966.
Following landscaping the former platform has disappeared. The steep embankment on the east side has been eased. The piers of the two bridges over the Kelvin remain. Of all things, surprisingly the painted sign for the station can just no more be read painted on the north side of the Kelvin Aqueduct.
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Station terminus short lived footpathAliases
Dawsholm [1st]External links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
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NLS Map
| Nearby stations Maryhill Kelvindale Maryhill [Temporary] Summerston Maryhill Central Kelvinside Gilshochill Kirklee Lochburn Anniesland Hyndland [1st] Hyndland Botanic Gardens Jordanhill Hillhead [Subway] | Lock 25 [FCC] Kelvin Aqueduct Kelvindale Viaduct [Gas Works] Lock 24 [FCC] Dawsholm Viaduct [Gas Works] Dawsholm Printworks Lock 23 [FCC] Lock 22 [FCC] Kelvin Dock Dawsholm Tunnel Kelvindale Viaduct [Paper Works] Lock 21 [FCC] Kelvindale Paper Works Tourist/other Maryhill Locks [FCC] Dawsholm Quay |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/10/1896 | Glasgow Central Railway Bellshaugh Junction to Dawsholm station opened to passengers. |
| / /1900 | Glasgow Central Railway (Date is a guess.) Branch from Dawsholm over the River Kelvin and through the cut-and-cover Dawsholm Tunnel to Temple Gas Works opened to minerals. |
| 01/05/1908 | Glasgow Central Railway Bellshaugh Junction to Dawsholm station closed to passengers. |
| / /1920 | Glasgow Central Railway Dawsholm (excluded) to Temple Gas Works closed. |
