Caledonian Steam Packet Company
Introduction
This company was created by the Caledonian Railway to operate steamers on the Firth of Clyde which connected with the company's railways.
Hulls were painted dark blue, saloons white and funnels yellow.
The company became a limited company, probably around 1905.
Dates
| / /1888 | Caledonian Railway Caledonian Railway buys Captain Robert Campbell's business, goodwill and steamers. This would be transferred to the Caledonian Steam Packet Company. |
| 01/01/1889 | Caledonian Steam Packet Company Starts to operate steamers. |
| 01/01/1889 | Caledonian Steam Packet Company Service from Broomielaw Quay to the Holy Loch via Greenock Customs House Quay and Greenock Princes Pier. |
| 08/05/1889 | Caledonian Steam Packet Company Company formed to run steamers on the Clyde on behalf of the Caledonian Railway. |
| 01/05/1890 | Caledonian Steam Packet Company Starts to operate service from Gourock Pier (Kempock Point). Gourock opened 01/06/1889. |
| 01/06/1890 | Caledonian Steam Packet Company Starts to operate service from Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier to Arran. |
| /11/1951 | Caledonian Steam Packet Company PS Waverley [IV], PS Jeanie Deans [II] , PS Lucy Ashton and PS Talisman transferred from the British Transport Commission to the Caledonian Steam Packet Company. |
| / /1953 | Caledonian Steam Packet Company A & J Inglis builds Maid of Argyll and Maid of Skelmorlie for CSP. |
| / /1959 | William Denny & Bros Ltd Order placed by Caledonian Steam Packet Company for TSS Caledonian Princess, yard no 1501. |
| 05/04/1961 | William Denny & Bros Ltd Launched TSS Caledonian Princess for the Caledonian Steam Packet Company. |
| / /1969 | Caledonian Steam Packet Company Company comes under the control of the Scottish Transport Group. |
| /01/1969 | Caledonian Steam Packet Company Becomes part of the Scottish Transport Group. |
| / /1973 | Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd Created when David MacBrayne and the Caledonian Steam Packet Company Ltd merged. |
Locations along the line
These locations are along the line.
This pier is open. It is a combined facility with Gourock station. Ferries operate from Gourock to Dunoon Pier and Kilcreggan Pier, and sometimes Helensburgh Pier. The pier is located on Kempock Point.
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Brian Haslehust //1965
Brian Haslehust /04/1965
Robin McGregor //1962
This is one of the pre-eminent 'must see' stations in Scotland. In 1905 it replaced an original Wemyss Bay [1st] station of 1865 on a slightly different orientation (see that entry for the 1865-1905 details). It is a terminus and a combined station and pier with a very fine concourse (with semi-circular ticket office supporting the glass roof), canopied platforms, main station building with a ...
More detailsSee also
Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway
David Bosher 25/07/2017
John Yellowlees 27/05/2023
Brian Haslehust 04/07/1964
This two platform terminus was covered with a wooden trainshed, open to the air over the tracks. The station was located on a pier, which could be used at low tide, built on reclaimed land. There were quayside lines on both sides.
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See also
Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 14/08/1964
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 14/08/1964
Gordon Steel 31/05/1972
K A Gray 10/04/1966
