Glasgow (St. Enoch) - Shields No.1 Jct.; Port Eglington Jct. - Bellahouston No.2
Date Closed to Passenger Services
27 Jun 1966
Mileage Closed
3m 12c
Stations Closed
Glasgow (St. Enoch); Glasgow (Dunlop Street) (01/05/1876); Glasgow (Main Street) (30/09/1900); Gorbals (01/06/1928); Cumberland Street (14/02/1966); Shields Road (14/02/1966)
Shields (01/11/1924)
Services Operated
Glasgow (St. Enoch) - Kilmacolm/Largs/Ayr/Stranraer
Timetable Reference
BR (ScR) 18 Apr 66 - 5 Mar 67 Table 9
Cobb Atlas Reference
529 56 63 - 58 64; 58 64 - 57 63
Present Status
Freight: Clyde Jct. - Shields No.1 Jct. Dismantled: remainder.
Map
RCH Glasgow Coatbridge & Paisley 1932
Further Notes
ACD - Mon 27/06/1966 - PNM 1980 p46. LTR - Sun 26/06/1966 (see below).
Interesting to note that the BR (ScR) timetable from 18/04/1966 Table 9 shows services operating to/from Glasgow (Central). A boxed note at the head of each page (except Sundays) states that, unless noted otherwise, all trains will operate to/from St. Enoch station until further notice. This implies the original planned closure date for St. Enoch station was from Monday 18/04/1966 and the timetable was printed in anticipation of this, although St. Enoch does appear in the index.
As mentioned, the note does not appear on the Sunday service pages, suggesting trains operated to/from Central as planned. However, RM Aug 1966 p477 'Glasgow Central's 900 trains a day' in Notes and News clearly states that the last train ran on Sunday 26/06/1966, stating that "The last passenger train into St. Enoch - a diesel train from Ayr - reached Platform 2 at 22.43....." According to the timetable this would have been the 21 40 from Ayr.
*RCH RJD No.29 1904.
Glasgow (St. Enoch) - Shields No.1 Jct. - 2m 3c; Port Eglington Jct. - Bellahouston No.2 - 1m 9c.
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