Gushetfaulds Railway Lands (Glasgow)

United Kingdom / Scotland / Glasgow
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Originally a goods yard run by the Caledonian Railway, the site became a Freightliner container terminal under British Rail. The old Govanhill Iron Works occupied the southeastern corner of the site. When the new Euroterminal railfreight depot was built in Coatbridge in the early 1990s, Gushetfaulds was rendered redundant and it subsequently closed.

Since then a use has yet to be found for the site - it was brought out of retirement in the late 2000s, as a depot during the construction of the M74 Extension, but is now empty once again. Network Rail still owns the land, as there are still plans for the oft-postponed Glasgow Crossrail scheme to bring a connecting chord through the site that would connect the old City Union line to the West Coast Main Line, thus allowing north-south trains a direct route through the city without having to stop and reverse at Central.
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Coordinates:   55°50'37"N   4°15'19"W

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