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Parkhead North railway station

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Parkhead was a railway station in the east end of Glasgow. It was opened as Parkhead, by the North British Railway on 1 February 1871. It was renamed Parkhead North on 30 June 1952 by British Railways. This was to differentiate it from the nearby ex-Caledonian Railway Parkhead station on the former Glasgow Central Railway. The station was closed to passengers on 19 September 1955.

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Parkhead North railway station
Carntyne Road, Glasgow Haghill

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G32 6JP Glasgow, Haghill
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