Scotstoun East

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Victoria Park (1896-1900)
Scotstoun [2nd] (1900-1952)
Scotstoun East (1952-1964)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Opened on the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway.

Description

This was an island platform station on a raised embankment. The Whiteinch Tramway passed below. The station building was typical of the line. It competed with the North British Railway's nearby Whiteinch Victoria Park which opened at the same time, 1896, on previously goods only branch.

The station's signal box was on the south side of the line at the east end of the station. It opened with the station.

There was a goods yard to the south of the station on the Clydeside Tramway which was served from Scotstoun West to the east and Partick West to the east. There was no closer connection.

The signal box closed in 1951 and the station closed to passengers in 1964. The line remained open for goods as a single track line until 1980.

The Scotstoun Shipbuilding Yard was to the south]].

Tags

Station footpath

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
12/08/2019




Chronology Dates

01/10/1896Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway
Line opened to passengers - Possil to Clydebank [CR] and Partick North Junction to Partick East Junction. Dumbarton East, Bowling [CR], Old Kilpatrick, Dalmuir [CR], Kilbowie Road, Clydebank [CR], Yoker [CR], Scotstoun [1st], Victoria Park, Whiteinch [CR], Partick West, Crow Road, Partick Central stations opened.
  /  /1900Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway
Scotstoun [1st] renamed Scotstoun West. Victoria Park renamed Scotstoun [2nd].
  /  /1952Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway
Scotstoun [2nd] renamed Scotstoun East.
05/10/1964Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway
Possil North to Partick West and Partick West to Dunglass Junction closed to passengers. Possil North, Maryhill Central closed and Partick West, Whiteinch Riverside, Scotstoun East, Scotstoun West, Clydebank Riverside, Kilbowie Road, Dalmuir Riverside, Old Kilpatrick closed.

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways

The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos)