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which was the next stop on the line. It was in a style similar to other stations designed by Miller at the time. It was destroyed by a fire started by children while abandoned in August 1968. The outer walls with some decorative stonework as well as the base of an entrance vestibule with the pattern
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and ran alongside the east side of the river until reaching the north west corner when it crossed the river prior to passing under Caledonian Crescent where the station building was located. The goods yard was located to the east of the line, and was converted to a park and ride car park in 1965.
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which was built by the Caledonian Railway company on land it purchased for tunnel construction. The company's monogram is still visible on the east side of the mansions on Caledonian Crescent, just uphill from the station site.
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flowed when it burst its banks at the site of the station goods yard in December 1994. As part of the flood defence measures put in place, a bank was put in place in front of the tunnel mouth.
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The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
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Urquhart, Gordon R. (2000). 'Along Great Western Road: An Illustrated History of Glasgow's West End'. Stenlake Publishing.
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It was closed to passengers on 4 August 1952 and to freight on 6 July 1964, with the line being closed on 5 October 1964.
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passes under Otago Street where the station buildings were located, before entering the tunnel under Great Western Road.
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Under the bridge is the bank put in place following the December 1994 flood to prevent water flowing down the tunnel.
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and fragments of the black and white checked floor tiles remain. Above the station site and mouth of the tunnel is
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The line entered the station site in the south east corner passing under Gibson Street next to the
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Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day
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At the north west corner of the site the formation of the line from the station towards
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Looking across the railway bridge towards the location of the station buildings.
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It was through the tunnel (at the south of the site) to Stobcross that the
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The station building was designed by well known Glasgow architect
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who designed many other Caledonian Railway stations, including
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It served as the mainline station for taking visitors to the
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