Old A/Z map of the area which shows the railway line going around the hospital but no station is marked
Used to play on the line as a kid around 1967 and cant recall any station or remnants of a station near the hospital.Its still possible to walk part of the line if you go along the path at Littlehill golf clubhouse and you can make out parts of the line in Balornock and Barmulloch
And the view you will see today out and about in your taxi
Looking at this photo its possible that the station was situated in the goods yard just at the bottom of bargaryhill rd just below Southview terrace on the A/Z and then the casulties were driven into the hospital..The perimeter wall of the goods yard was still there a few years ago..will have a look and see if its still there
Just found this on Wickipedia
In September 1914, at the beginning of the First World War, the hospital was requisitioned by the Royal Army Medical Corps and wounded servicemen arrived by specially converted 'ambulance trains' terminating at a temporary railway platform built within the hospital grounds. A staff of 240 nurses as well as volunteers from the St. Andrew's Ambulance Association cared for over 1000 patients at any given time, until the return of the hospital to civilian use in the spring of 1920.
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:59 am Post subject: Re: Stobhill railway station?
I am new to this site and just came across your ?. I believe it was during the 1st WW that Stobhill Hospital was taken over by the army. The train went up Stobhill Rd and into the hospital. I don't think it was a public station but the stop off was located underneath the clock tower and the injured were transported in open type pallets. I also believe there was a sort of lift to take them up to ground level and so to the wards. I don't think it was used by the army in the 2nd WW
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earl88 wrote:
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?
My late father often spoke of being taking to Stobhill in 1925 to visit his dying grandmother.
His memory was of the patients eating off metal plates and drinking out of metal cups.
Seems they were leftovers from WW1.
He always referred to the main gate with a guard house as being off the Balgrayhill Rd beside the park, were the hospice now stands.
My father died in the same hospital 81 years later.
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:05 pm Post subject: Stobhill Station
Hi all- first post on the site but I have been lurking for a while.
Ive got a general interest in the Glasgow North /Springburn/Bishopbriggs area and its relationship with the railway industry so I have found some fascinating posts on here.
I also work with the rail industry and was chatting with some colleagues who were involved in track maintenance back in the 60s/70s- their recollection is that there was a station adjacent to Stobhill Road (roughly where Somerfields is now) situated on the goods line which runs up from Wallacewell road round Stobhill and under Springburn Road. Amongst other things this line brought the coal in for the boiler plant at Stobhill which was located close to the Balgrayhill road side of the site- this was they think also used to bring in casualtys in WW1 although obviously however this was well before their time.
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