TOLLCROSS RAILWAY STATION
The Caledonian Railway Company opened a line from Bridgeton Cross to Newton towards the end of the 19th century, with the Tollcross Station being opened to goods traffic in January, 1897, and for passengers the following month. Passenger service ceased on 5th October, 1964 and the station closed completely on 4th April, 1966. When I took my photographs of Tollcross the station had long gone.
This
rail bridge crossed Braidfauld Street, looking north. It was removed,
along with the embankment, in 1986 and the land flattened to allow for the
building of new houses by Miller Homes. I believe there was a rough
pathway leading eastwards towards the station entrance, between the embankment
and what is now Tollcross Park St. Margaret's Church, continuing on to
Causewayside Street. This has now been built on.
The
station itself lay at the south end of Corbett Street (previously Dunlop
Street). This view is from the embankment, in the vicinity of the station
itself, looking northwards along Corbett Street.
From
the south end of Corbett Street looking towards the old entrance to the station.
This whole area is now wooded land, of varying levels. The stonework has
all been removed, and there is access to the old Tollcross Station Road on the
other side of the railway line.
The
entrance to the Tollcross station from the south - Tollcross Station Road was
created when the railway was built and ran from
here to the London Road, and the tram terminus. This road marked the
boundary between Glasgow and Lanarkshire until 1976 when Glasgow expanded its
boundary far to the east. The stonework has all been removed, but the
pathway to the south remains, although it is becoming increasingly impassable.
Into
the 1970s all that remained of the station itself was some stonework where the platforms once
stood. The route of the railway line could still be walked, as an
alternative to the London Road, to reach Carmyle - probably not officially though!
Another
view of the station site looking eastwards. This whole area is now quite heavily
wooded.
This
is "Honest John's" shop at the junction of Easterhill Street and
Braidfauld Street. Behind the shop is new housing, but the site was at one
time part of the railway. The building was used by a coal merchant and was
set in a coal ree - an enclosure for storing coal.
