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The station occupies the west side of a paved forecourt, Merkland Court, at the south end of Merkland Street, which leads south from Dumbarton Road. The forecourt is bounded to the south by Beith Street (east/west), to the east by the Morrisons car park and the west wall of the shops and on the north by Merkland Street and the Partick Bus Station.
Although the tarmac surface of Merkland Street veers left outside Escana, towards the Partick Bus Station which is beyond the scope of this survey, Merkland Street continues south into the forecourt.
There are two entrances/exits to this station, each offering level access into the concourse.
There is tactile pavement, but no pedestrian controlled crossing of Merkland Street on Dumbarton Road. Traffic flows one way, going north.
Details of crossings through and around the Partick Bus Station lie beyond the scope of this survey.
There's a crossing a few metres west of the rail viaduct. This is a single-stage crossing with tactile paving. There's a post with push button and rotating cone to each side of you as you cross in either direction. Note that the left-hand post is much shorter than the right.
The Partick Bus Station occupies the north side of the forecourt, extending east across the north side of the Morrisons car park. Details of this facility lie beyond the scope of this survey.
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Forde, Opticians Revival Retreat, beauty day spa Boudoir, ladies clothes entrance to flats Ward’s, shoe repair Will Bishop, butcher post in middle, pavement slopes up to left at north end of taxi rank entrance to flats La Coco, gift boutique Men, men's clothes Escana, women's clothes, part of same shop |
The tarmac surface ends opposite this shop and a strip of tactile paving runs from here towards the station entrance, but currently stops short of this.
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entrance to flats Cafe'e Avanti, including chip shop Station Jewellers entrance to flats Layachi's, barbers Little Buddha, oriental food take away entrance to flats Newsagent, closed at the time of our survey access way, not for public use |
The pavement outside the shops is under a canopy supported by a row of pillars. Going east from the forecourt, we have:
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Blockbusters Gamestation car park for Morrisons starts on left, bollards along the kerb Motor Power, car and bike shop Morrisons Abbey Link cash machine RBS cash machine exit from Morrisons Vine Street, leading south from Dumbarton Road |
There are two pillars, supporting a canopy outside the station entrance.
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wall of station, curving right (west) wall with windows wall juts out station entrance wall retreats wall with windows wall juts out fire exit from Subway wall with windows blank door, tactile mat outside wall with two round windows blank door wall with windows wall retreats |
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windows with billboards wall juts out, curving west south entrance/exit wall retreats, curving north emergency exit, push bar from inside wall juts out small section to wall of viaduct |
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Merkland Street Partick Bus Station |
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wall of shops railings railings retreat behind flower bed, about a metre wide |
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pavement on Beith Street |
This is a paved area with a gravel strip beside the station wall and a flower bed beside the fence beyond the shops. A raised flower bed juts out into this space towards the far (south) side, from the station wall. This flower bed tapers, such that the south side is much narrower than the north. A flower bed, at pavement level, continues from here to the pavement of Beith Street.
We believe part of this space, particularly towards the south, could be a staff car park.
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Merkland Court viaduct overhead tactile paving indicates crossing of Beith Street railings gate towards rear of station, not for public use |
A walkway continues, through gardens, towards the river. This walkway is inlaid with information plaques describing the history of the former Meadowside Ship Yard.
© 2009, Terry Robinson
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Strathclyde Passenger Transport
to whom we extend our sincere thanks.