334 007 Anniesland 11.5.22
By tea time the light has shifted across the tracks at Anniesland allowing views of southbound traffic without having to compromise with a platform shot. 334 007 is arriving as 2V62, the 16.06 Milngavie – Springburn, and the platforms are mercifully empty again as the school run is over. Anniesland has four schools in fairly close proximity and the scene on the platforms at around a quarter to four is one of considerable chaos – and not one into which a stranger, especially an English one, really wants to be poking a camera lens. One advantage of this is that the local takeaways are going full blast to cater for the increased footfall, and there is a fine chip shop immediately outside the station that caters fashionably for the considerable local student population, Clyde College Campus also being a near neighbour. The downside, though, is that the shadows are beginning to encroach, although not enough yet to spoil the view.
Behind the train the main line can be seen curving to the left to enter Knightswood Tunnel, while the single line to the right is the chord that allows access to the line in from Maryhill. To the right of the shot – and one of the chief reasons for making sure Anniesland is on the agenda in the afternoon, are the surviving gasometers from Temple Gasworks, which have been granted Grade B listed status, a decision that divided local opinion when it was made in 2017. Gas holder number four, which is 136ft high, was build in 1893 and was the third largest in the world. Its neighbour, which is 146ft tall, was built seven years later. They were constructed for the Corporation of Glasgow gas department on the former Temple Gasworks, which was the second largest gasworks in Britain. Historic Environment Scotland says: ‘The paring of number four gasholder with number five gasholder of this size is now rare with the only comparable site remaining at Provan in the north of Glasgow. These structures are one of the last remaining examples of the 19th and early 20th century gas industry in Scotland and a reminder of the former industrial use of the site. The pair are a striking example of historic industrial infrastructure and are a rare survival.’
334 007 Anniesland 11.5.22
By tea time the light has shifted across the tracks at Anniesland allowing views of southbound traffic without having to compromise with a platform shot. 334 007 is arriving as 2V62, the 16.06 Milngavie – Springburn, and the platforms are mercifully empty again as the school run is over. Anniesland has four schools in fairly close proximity and the scene on the platforms at around a quarter to four is one of considerable chaos – and not one into which a stranger, especially an English one, really wants to be poking a camera lens. One advantage of this is that the local takeaways are going full blast to cater for the increased footfall, and there is a fine chip shop immediately outside the station that caters fashionably for the considerable local student population, Clyde College Campus also being a near neighbour. The downside, though, is that the shadows are beginning to encroach, although not enough yet to spoil the view.
Behind the train the main line can be seen curving to the left to enter Knightswood Tunnel, while the single line to the right is the chord that allows access to the line in from Maryhill. To the right of the shot – and one of the chief reasons for making sure Anniesland is on the agenda in the afternoon, are the surviving gasometers from Temple Gasworks, which have been granted Grade B listed status, a decision that divided local opinion when it was made in 2017. Gas holder number four, which is 136ft high, was build in 1893 and was the third largest in the world. Its neighbour, which is 146ft tall, was built seven years later. They were constructed for the Corporation of Glasgow gas department on the former Temple Gasworks, which was the second largest gasworks in Britain. Historic Environment Scotland says: ‘The paring of number four gasholder with number five gasholder of this size is now rare with the only comparable site remaining at Provan in the north of Glasgow. These structures are one of the last remaining examples of the 19th and early 20th century gas industry in Scotland and a reminder of the former industrial use of the site. The pair are a striking example of historic industrial infrastructure and are a rare survival.’