Bridge of Weir Railway
Introduction
This railway is closed. The course of the line is now a cycle-track. The line stretched from Elderslie to Bridge of Weir. It became part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway's main line from Glasgow to Greenock. It was originally meant to reach Port Glasgow, but this was not allowed by Parliament. However this later happened with the opening of the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway.
Dates
| / /1862 | Bridge of Weir Railway Act receives Royal assent. |
| 20/06/1864 | Bridge of Weir Railway Opened from Cart Junction, Elderslie, to Bridge of Weir [1st]. |
| / /1865 | Bridge of Weir RailwayGlasgow and South Western Railway Bridge of Weir Railway absorbed by Glasgow and South Western Railway. |
| 01/07/1885 | Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Opened from Port Eglinton Junction to Elderslie Junction. The line uses much of the former route of the Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal, the line runs skew across a former aqueduct bridge at Paisley Hawkhead. The canal route under the main line at Elderslie was used for a link to the Bridge of Weir Railway so that Greenock Princes Pier [1st] bound trains did not have to cross the track used by Ayr to Glasgow trains. The former Port Eglinton Basin becomes the Port Eglinton Goods depot. |
| /09/2000 | Bridge of Weir Railway Sustrans plans to sell the site of Bridge of Weir station for housing development for £500K (purchase price £1). The housing would block the trackbed preventing re-opening. |
Locations along the line
These locations are along the line.
This junction was formed in 1864 between the 1840 Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway and the Bridge of Weir Railway.
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See also
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Graham Morgan 16/09/2009
Graham Morgan 16/07/2008
Colin Kirkwood 02/01/1965
Graham Morgan 20/05/2008
This was a large junction of which little remains today, the trackbed being a footpath. The junction was on the south bank of the Black Cart Viaduct.
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See also
Greenock and Ayrshire Railway
Kilbarchan Loop (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
North Johnstone Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 22/04/1954
Graham Morgan 14/05/2008
Bill Roberton //1975
Graham Morgan 14/05/2008
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More detailsThis junction was north west of Cart Junction and the Linwood Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway). It gave access to the Clippens Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
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Clippens Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
This was a two platform station. The station went through a remarkable number of different names, an indication that while open it wasn't close to any particular town or village. The station was by Windyhill Farm (its first name), Crosslee was around a mile and a half to the north (the second name), and Houston was about two miles north (the third name). The fourth name name was a compromise!
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Graham Morgan 12/07/2006
Graham Morgan 12/07/2006
Ewan Crawford 29/03/2007
Ewan Crawford 29/03/2007
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Ken Strachan 15/07/2014
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Graham Morgan 12/07/2006
Graham Morgan 12/07/2006
This was the terminus of the Bridge of Weir Railway, opened to the south east of Bridge of Weir and south of the River Gryfe.
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Alistair MacKenzie 24/1/1980
Graham Morgan 30/08/2007
Graham Morgan 30/08/2007
Ewan Crawford 29/03/2007
