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earl88 · Buttered roll Joined: 02 Oct 2009 Posts: 4

Hi,new poster here!,great site by the way
i'm a glasgow hack driver, and i was taking this old boy up to stobhill hosp.On the way he was telling me that there used to be a railway station at stobhill, and all the casualties in the world war II were taken to the station then into the hospital, keeping them away from prying eyes,so the war recruitment wouldn't be affected by the horrific site of mangled bodies!

I had no idea there was a station there and was wondering if there was any pics of it around?

Alex Glass · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:23 pm Post subject:

Welcome to Urban Glasgow Earl glad you like the site. I am sure there will be someone along shortly who will be able to cast some light on the train station.
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fastnet · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject:

Welcome to the site earl

Just googled it and found this.

http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/springburn/springwar/springwar11.htm

http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/springburn/spring090.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stobhill_Hospital

earl88 · Buttered roll Joined: 02 Oct 2009 Posts: 4

Cheers Alex, the old boys story got me curious so i hope somebody knows something, some of the pics on here are fantastic, so hope people keep them coming.

Alex Glass · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:38 pm Post subject:

I am sure there is a lot more to come Earl. We are all surprised at the volume and quality of the photos posted here - old and new. Maybe some of your passengers would be interested in knowing about this site so I hope you don't keep it a secret and spread the work.

Keep posting
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earl88 · Buttered roll Joined: 02 Oct 2009 Posts: 4

I will do Alex, thanks for the welcome and the links Fastnet, it was a temporary platform then, i've never heard it mentioned before, very interesting reading about it

Stuball · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:50 pm Post subject:

Have a look at the virtual mitchell as they have some pictures of the station in use. There is also an aerial photograph somewhere which clearly shows the direction of the cutting the branch line takes infront of the nurses houses and curves under the water tower. I believe there is a gap in the ground with plant machinery below ground level at the base of the tower
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Stuball · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:54 pm Post subject:

A bit of hotlinking...

There is a line the curves around the outside of the hospital grounds... just look for the tree line. Comes in on the upper left and you can just about make out the branch that goes into the station
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cybers · Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 4:02 am Post subject:

Brilliant bit of researching Stu.
Never heard of this myself but am alaways amazed at how many people bypass these daily and it takes one curious question to reveal all.

As a side note Bangour Village has one of these too... Hidden from prying eyes.

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Stuball · Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:29 am Post subject:

I cant take credit for finding that aerial shot... but there is another one showing the cutting a bit better.
I find that some peoples eyes need a little training before they can see former railway cuttings from maps and aerial shots

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