 Also known as Kirklee for North Kelvinside, it was closed between 1 January 1917 and 2 March 1919 due to wartime economy, and closed permanently to passengers on 1 May 1939, with the line being closed on 5 October 1964.The station building was designed by famous architect Sir J.J. Burnet who earned his knighthood on the basis of his design for the extension of the British Museum.The construction of the station was controversial in the 1890s as it destroyed a local beauty spot known as the "Peatree Well".