Date: 26/08/2022

A station for Parkhead and a nearby old railway line being transformed into a cycle path are new plans emerging to improve East End areas. [A replacement station at Parkhead North, closed 1955, has been proposed many times along with a footpath utilising the former Switchback. The first proposal to re-open the station was in 1964 when Parkhead Stadium station and the GCR closed. See map for 2008 proposal. -RS]

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N2 0-6-2T 69507 passing the site of Parkhead North station in May 1958 with a Hyndland - Shettleston train. The bridge in the background carried the Switchback over the formation, while that to the left carried the parallel goods lines.
Location: Parkhead North
Company: Glasgow and Coatbridge Branch (North British Railway)
01/05/1958 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

Looking up to Switchback Line...notice the plyon and flats in background.
Location: Parkhead Junction [CR]
Company: The Switchback (Caledonian Railway)
29/08/2006 Colin Harkins

Extract from Glasgow City Council plans for the East End Regeneration showing the proposed route over the former Switchback (Caledonian Railway) and the planned new Station at Parkhead Forge.
Location: Parkhead Junction [CR]
Company: The Switchback (Caledonian Railway)
/06/2008 Colin Harkins

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Tags: x Parkhead x Parkhead North x Re-opening x New station x Footpath x Cyclepath x The Switchback x Hogarth Park