Kelvinside railway station was located on Great Western Road, next to the current

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in the

Kelvinside Kelvinside is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde and is bounded by Broomhill, Dowanhill and Hyndland to the south with Kelvindale and the River Kelvin to the north. It is an affluent area of Gl ...

area of

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. Part of the

Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway The Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway was a railway company in Scotland. It was promoted independently but supported by the Caledonian Railway, and it was designed to connect Balloch (on Loch Lomond) and Dumbarton with central Glasgow, l ...

services ran through the station from Glasgow city centre to

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in the north of the city and beyond. The line from the station to

Crow Road railway station Crow Road railway station was located in Glasgow, Scotland and served the Broomhill and Hyndland areas of that city. On the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway it was located on the road from which it took its name and sat to the north of ...

passes under the current site of

Hyndland railway station Hyndland railway station serves Hyndland in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is west of and west of Glasgow Queen Street on the Argyle and North Clyde Lines. It is managed by ScotRail. The station was opened by British Railways as part of th ...

on the Argyle and North Clyde lines. It was a two platform station, with a nearby goods yard. Upon closure the line as part of the

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the area has now been redeveloped with housing. The former station building was designed by

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and was subjected to numerous arson attacks while it was closed but now houses a restaurant called '1051 GWR'. Previously, the building housed a restaurant and bar called 'Carriages' but a fire in December 1995 left just a shell of masonry and lay as a ruin for many years before reopening in its present incarnation. The Caledonian Railway monogram "CR" is still carved into the stone on the building's north facade.

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* * {{Glasgow railway stations Disused railway stations in Glasgow Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1896 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1919 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1942 Former Caledonian Railway stations 1896 establishments in Scotland 1942 disestablishments in Scotland