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BRIDGETON
CENTRAL Railway Station
Bridgeton Central Station was the terminal for the Balloch and
Helensbugh services. It was also a carriage service depot, and a booking
on point for drivers and guards. The station was originally owned by The
North British Railway Company until 1923, when it then became
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) until Jan 1948 when all
railways were nationalised and became British Railways.
The station was closed to passengers in 1979 but remained a depot for
stabling sets.
(class 303 electrical multiple units- as shown in the
photograph below) but closed completely in 1985 when a new depot for the
whole of the North Electric Services came into operation.
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Woman carriage cleaners at Bridgeton Cross LNER station taken in
1946 (photo Bob Currie)
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Peggy Currie, Annie Tarleton,
Meg Douglas, Bella Logue
Maggie McArthur, Kate Duffy, Annie Montgomery, Ellen Maitland, Nancy
Pickering, Frances Walker
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Peggy Currie's son Bob sent in this photograph, Peggy
led a very full life and died aged ninety in 1993
( Nice to see a McArthur in the photograph........I don't think we are
related.......webmaister)
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Photograph taken inside Bridgeton Central Railway Station 3rd November
1979.
Showing the Electric trains in service at this terminus station, which
branched from the High St.
With the opening of the new Argyle Line on November 5th 1979 this station
was sadly closed.
This is how I remember this station, a great photograph taken 2 days
before closure.........
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Tramcar traveling through Bridgeton Cross heading to Partick passing the old Bridgeton
Cross
Railway Station in London road
and below a coloured photo of the old station.
Very little change to the buildings
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Bridgeton Cross at London Road.
This old Railway Station building is now a bookies! Ladbrokes
To see the Bridgeton Cross Railway station located 100 odd metres east along
the road, click link below.
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