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Merkland Street subway station

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1342: 217:(GGPTE). Although converted to electric traction in 1935, the system's infrastructure and rolling stock was virtually unchanged from its opening in 1896, and improvement to the subway was seen by the GGPTE as an essential part of plans to eliminate transport bottlenecks in the city. As part of the process, which began in 1977, all 15 stations were to be rebuilt. However it was planned to link the subway to the national rail network's newly reopened 1395: 239:, a German bomb, which dropped during a night raid on Glasgow and may have been intended for nearby naval facilities, landed on a bowling green to the south of the station. The explosion this caused resulted in damage to both tunnels and closure of this part of the system until repairs were completed in January 1941. 232:. There is evidence of Merkland Street station's existence due to a long straight and humped stretch on the underground with large diameter tunnels, although the platforms and station buildings no longer remain. 205:
on the system (i.e. a station that trains still pass through but is disused by passengers). The station opened in 1896. It was located 25 metres (27 yd) to the south-west of its replacement,
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at Partick via an interchange station. This meant permanently closing Merkland Street and opening a new station a short distance away.
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Thus, when the network reopened in 1980, it was replaced by a new station nearby named
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Merkland Street is one of the stations mentioned in
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Partick
Glasgow
55°52′12″N 4°18′35″W / 55.8701°N 4.3097°W / 55.8701; -4.3097
Glasgow District Subway
Glasgow Subway
ghost station
Partick station
Partickhill railway station
Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive
Argyle Line
Partick
rail station of the same name
World War II
Cliff Hanley





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978-1-4456-2174-6
"YouTube - The Glasgow Underground"
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Butt, R. V. J.
The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
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