Former Kirklee Railway Station

Former Kirklee Railway Station
Glasgow, United Kingdom (GB)
Kirklee Station was railway station on the Glasgow Caledonian Railway in Scotland. The station was opened 10th August 1866, closed its passenger services 1st May 1939, the line offcially closed 5th October 1964 and the station buildings were demolished in 1971.

What's left today:
As mentioned above, the station buildings were demolished in 1971. The station platforms are still there, but togehter with the trackbed are badly overgrown. The railway bridge that once carried the railway over the road has been removed, but the abutments still remain. The station site is hard to access as the bridge has been removed, the tunnel portal futher down the line has been blocked (this tunnel leads to the Botanic Gardens Station), which has been block at both tunnel portals, as the portal after the Botanic Gardens Station has been blocked too.
Kirklee Station was railway station on the Glasgow Caledonian Railway in Scotland. The station was opened 10th August 1866, closed its passenger services 1st May 1939, the line offcially closed 5th October 1964 and the station buildings were demolished in 1971.

What's left today:
As mentioned above, the station buildings were demolished in 1971. The station platforms are still there, but togehter with the trackbed are badly overgrown. The railway bridge that once carried the railway over the road has been removed, but the abutments still remain. The station site is hard to access as the bridge has been removed, the tunnel portal futher down the line has been blocked (this tunnel leads to the Botanic Gardens Station), which has been block at both tunnel portals, as the portal after the Botanic Gardens Station has been blocked too.
View in Google Earth Abandoned, Land - Rail
Links: www.kilmeny.vispa.com, en.wikipedia.org
By: Drudii

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