Partick West railway station was a

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that served the

Partick Partick ( sco, Pairtick, Scottish Gaelic: ''Partaig'') is an area of Glasgow on the north bank of the River Clyde, just across from Govan. To the west lies Whiteinch, to the east Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Park (across the River Kelvin), and to t ...

area of the city of

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, particularly the Thornwood section of Partick from 1896 to 1964. It was a four platform station on the

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, with two platforms on an east–west line with services between

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and Glasgow city centre and a further two platforms on a north–south line with services between

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and the city centre. The station was situated beside the imposing building of the Meadowside Granary, which has since been demolished and replaced by part of the

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development. Passenger services stopped using Partick West in the 1960s as part of the

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which drastically cut rail services across the

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. Partick West was one of three stations which served the Partick area, along with

Partickhill Partickhill ( gd, A' Bhrae na Partaig) is a district of the city of Glasgow. Located to the north of Partick, south of Hyndland and west of Dowanhill, it contains mixed housing stock of tenemental type property and villa style houses, as well as ...

and Partick Central (latterly called Kelvin Hall). None of these stations exist now, and since 1979 the area has been served by one

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which combines rail, underground and bus services.

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