Sighthill East Junction
Location type
Junction
Names and dates
Sighthill Junction (1875-1992)
Sighthill East Junction (1992-)
Opened on the City of Glasgow Union Railway.
Opened on the Sighthill Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway).
Description
The City of Glasgow Union Railway ran from Cowlairs West Junction parallel to the Sighthill Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) and a junction existed here between these lines and the exchange line to Sighthill East Junction on the Caledonian Railway.
Tags
Junction
Nearby stations Barnhill Springburn St Rollox [2nd] Garngad Cowlairs St Rollox [1st] Ashfield Alexandra Parade Buchanan Street Duke Street High Street College [1st] Bellgrove Possilpark and Parkhouse Glasgow Queen Street High Level | Other railway and industry locations Sighthill East Junction Sighthill Goods Junction Sighthill Yard Junction Atlas Works [2nd] Hyde Park Works [2nd] Germiston Works Barnhill Tunnel St Rollox Works Shed Sighthill West Junction [1st] St Rollox Top Yard St Rollox Goods East Weighs Siding Eclipse Works Sighthill East Junction [1st] Sighthill Goods |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Dates
| 07/11/1966 | Buchanan Street Extension (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway) Buchanan Street station closed; Buchanan Street to Sighthill East Junction closed. |
| 30/11/1968 | Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Sighthill East Junction to Germiston Junction Low closed. |
