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Scotstoun East Station

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At the third bridge at Henrietta Street from what remains of the platform stonework of Scotstoun (East) railway station (1896) there are views of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (2015) to the right across the River Clyde. To the left on the hill can be glimpsed the copper clad towers of the remaining buildings of what was Jordanhill College of Education (1922). The following text is (c) RAILSCOT 2021. For more, the web page is at: https://railscot.co.uk/locations/S/Scotstoun_East/ No re-use without permission. Attribution and a link is mandatory. Journalists must make contact for licensing. Opened on the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway, this station was originally called Victoria Park (1896-1900), followed by Scotstoun (1900-1952) and finally Scotstoun East (1952-1964) This was an island platform station on a raised embankment. The Whiteinch Tramway passed below. The station building was typical of the line.

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Scotstoun East station competed with the North British Railway's nearby Whiteinch Victoria Park which opened at the same time, 1896, on previously goods only branch. The station's signal box was on the south side of the line at the east end of the station. It opened with the station. There was a goods yard to the south of the station on the Clydeside Tramway which was served from Scotstoun West to the east and Partick West to the east. There was no closer connection. The signal box closed in 1951 and the station closed to passengers in 1964. The line remained open for goods as a single track line until 1980. The Scotstoun Shipbuilding Yard was to the south

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Accessed February 22nd 2021. https://railscot.co.uk/locations/S/Scotstoun_East/.

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