{"id":413487,"date":"2026-02-07T20:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/413487\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T20:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:52:15","slug":"could-another-uk-city-get-a-new-york-style-high-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/413487\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Another UK City Get a New York-Style High Line?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK already has one garden inspired by New York City\u2019s High Line<\/a> \u2013 the Castlefield Viaduct<\/a> in Manchester \u2013 and there\u2019s another in the works for Camden in London<\/a>.\u00a0But could it get\u00a0a third?<\/p>\n

There are calls to turn a disused viaduct in Glasgow<\/a> into a sky garden inspired by the one in the Big Apple.\u00a0Jock Breckenridge, a landscape designer, has said he wants to transform the\u00a0Gorbals Viaduct, which formerly carried the mainline of the Glasgow and South Western Railway into St Enoch\u2019s Station until its closure in 1965.<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: ShutterstockThe High Line in New York <\/p>\n

Breckenridge is currently\u00a0fundraising\u00a0and gathering community support for the plans. He told the Glasgow Times<\/a> that he is in conversation\u00a0with Network Rail, which owns the viaduct, alongside local heritage groups and other possible partners.<\/p>\n

In his plans, Breckenridge wants to redesign\u00a0the viaduct which opened in 1871. He would clear the trackbed which is now overgrown with trees, giving access to the local community.\u00a0He also hopes to transform the long-lost\u00a0Gorbals Station, which closed in 1929, into a\u00a0community hub and heritage centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Part of the track still carries a double track line linking Glasgow\u2019s north and south railway systems. It occasionally carries rolling stock and freight trains.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018I pass the viaduct frequently on my bike and it strikes me that it is a historical asset that\u2019s undervalued,\u2019 Beckenridge told the Glasgow Times.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Not only is it one of the last Victorian structures left standing in a redeveloped Gorbals, it is a direct link to the days when trains such as the Thames Clyde Express, the Stranraer and Ardrossan boat trains and specials carrying thousands of day-trippers and holiday makers to Clyde resorts, made their way over the viaduct.<\/p>\n

\u2018It stood high above the cramped tenements of Gorbals, then home to the Glasgow Irish and Jewish immigrant communities, and would have been busy at night, too, with trains running to and from College Street Goods Station. We need to record and honour those days by properly conserving the viaduct.\u2019<\/p>\n

A Network Rail spokesperson said: \u2018Network Rail welcomes interest from local communities and are always open to discussing ideas that aim to improve or celebrate our railway infrastructure.<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019re committed to working constructively with partners where appropriate and offering support wherever we can.\u2019<\/p>\n

ICYMI: Groundbreaking Glasgow exhibition space CCA has been forced to shut permanently<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Plus: Two spectacular new walking trails are launching on the Welsh coast this year<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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