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London Road, GLASGOW, G40 1NE

This was the terminus of a branch from High Street, which closed in 1979 when the Argyle Line and the nearby Bridgeton station opened. The station continued to be used as a stabling yard until 1985 http://www.glesga.ukpals.com/transport/brigtoncentral.htm .

This was the terminus of a branch from High Street, which closed in 1979 when the Argyle Line and the nearby Bridgeton station opened. The station continued to be used as a stabling yard until 1985 http://www.glesga.ukpals.com/transport/brigtoncentral.htm .

Union Jacks and an Orange flag on display on the north side of London Road, near Bridgeton railway station. The building with the lower roof line, behind the red car, is the former North British Railway Bridgeton Central Station http://www.glesga.ukpals.com/transport/brigtoncentral.htm .

A Category B Listed building http://data.historic-scotland.gov.uk/pls/htmldb/f?p=2200:15:0::::BUILDING:33853 on London Road, near the present day Bridgeton railway station.

Opened in 1892 as "Bridgeton Cross" by the North British Railway, this station was the terminus for the Glasgow & District trains from the north of the city. It was on a short branch line from High Street station. It was renamed "Bridgeton Central in 1954 and then became "Bridgeton" in 1965. It closed to passengers in 1979 (when it was replaced by Image) and completely in 1987. View north east at the main building, which had become a convenience store when this image was taken. Behind it, the platform area has been redeveloped and is now housing.

A typical street scene at one of Central Glasgow's principal intersections, in the pouring rain. Just off to the left is the entrance to the ex-Caledonian Station, which was the junction on the Central Low Level Lines (now Argyle Lines) of the line from Airdrie and Coatbridge via Carmyle with that from Rutherglen, going west via Central Low Level to Balloch and Possil. The whole system was closed on 5/10/64, but was revived again (electrified) on 5/11/79!

Looking west along London Road, past The Seven Ways bar.

At Bridgeton Cross.

On the right is the Category B listed Olympia [http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33642]. It originally opened in 1911 as the Olympia Theatre of Varieties and was later a cinema, then bingo hall, and finally a furniture warehouse. The majority of the building has since been demolished, with only the façade and corner of the original building retained. Behind that is space for mixed local community use of a public learning space, a centre of boxing excellence and 10,000 square feet of office space. The block of tenements and shops were the former Bridgeton Cross Station, built by the North British Railway in 1872, and are also Category B listed [http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33853].

The auditorium was demolished in 2011, but the red sandstone part of the building was restored and preserved. This http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Glasgow/OlympiaTheatreOfVarietiesGlasgow.htm to the Arthur Lloyd web site provides the history of the theatre and photos of the renovation works. See the building in March 2013 here Image and in May of the same year Image