This railway is partly open between Shieldhall Junction and the Deanside Transit depot. The branch has not seen traffic for several years.
This line is divided into a number of portions.
The main line carrying passengers, minerals and goods between Cardonald and Renfrew following a course close the the Clyde. At Renfrew the line turned south to serve the industry developing in the area to the south of Renfrew, following the River Cart a little inland. At Renfrew south there was a connection to the existing Paisley and Renfrew Railway at Renfrew south station, alongside the Renfrew Porterfield terminus.
This was a three way junction approached from Cardonald Junction to the south.
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This was an island platform station with a station building with canopies on all sides. Access was from the north end by a flight of stairs from a road overbridge carrying Old Govan Road / Old Renfrew Road.
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This was an island platform station with a goods yard on the west side, approached from a loop on the west side of the station. Access to the station was by a subway at the north end (the station was to the south of Station Road). The station building was canopied. The King's Inch, for which the station is named, was to the north.
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This signal box was in Renfrew, controlling access to a looped headshunt for a short line north, on a tight curve, to Lobnitz's Engineering and Shipbuilding Works and Simons' London Works. The headshunt was approached from the Glasgow direction (the east) and on the north side of the line. The signal box was located in the 'V' between the main line and the branch curving north. The box was ...
More detailsThis was a two platform terminus directly across Porterfield Road from Renfrew South, on the north side of the road. The terminus was built within the considerable Babcock and Wilcox Works to the south of Renfrew on the east bank of the White Cart Water.
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This was a three way junction approached from Cardonald Junction to the south.
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This dock is on the south bank of the River Clyde. Although it has lost its railway connection via Shieldhall Yard, it remains open.
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A passenger station was developed at the King George V Dock during the Second World War. ...
More detailsThis was an island platform station with a station building with canopies on all sides. Access was from the north end by a flight of stairs from a road overbridge carrying Old Govan Road / Old Renfrew Road.
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This was a coal fired power station, later converted to burn oil. It was on the north side of King's Inch Road and served from the east by sidings from the Clyde Navigation Trust's Renfrew Harbour siding of the Glasgow and Renfrew District Railway. Trains entering the power station crossed the road on the level.
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This single lead junction is just west of Cardonald station. Its most recent purpose was to reach Deanside Transit.
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This is a rail served transit depot near the M8, King George V dock, and Braehead shopping centre in Glasgow, just west of Cardonald and north of Hillington East. It is owned by Russell Logistics. The depot was noted for its four 08 shunters in Russell livery (initially light blue, later lilac).
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This was an island platform station with a station building with canopies on all sides. Access was from the north end by a flight of stairs from a road overbridge carrying Old Govan Road / Old Renfrew Road.
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A re-invigorating of this existing branch with a new goods yard and connection to the Linthouse Shipyard and, at the north end, a connection west to the King George V Dock lines.
This former goods yard site is on the west side of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. With little difficulty the branch could be re-opened as a passenger line from Cardonald Junction to serve the hospital. The trackbed is intact including the M8 closing the trackbed by bridge.
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This was the shipyard of Alexander Stephens and Sons, opening in 1870 when the company relocated from the Kelvinhaugh Slipdock and yards on the east coast to Govan. It was west of the Fairfield Shipyard. The berths were on the south bank of the River Clyde and faced downriver. Opposite were those of the Clydeholm Shipbuilding Yard on the north bank. Unlike the neighbouring ...
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