Glasgow and South Western Railway [Piers]
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This was the terminus and pier of the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway in Greenock. The terminus and pier were built on reclaimed land, formerly Bay of Quick. Albert Harbour was built just to the east, the former Albert Quay. The pier opened, before the railway, in 1866. The station opened in 1869. It was replaced in 1894 by Greenock Princes Pier [2nd].
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See also
Greenock and Ayrshire Railway
Bill Hamilton /11/1983
G W Robin 25/08/1965
G W Robin 25/08/1965
G W Robin 25/08/1965
Greenock Princes Pier was rebuilt for the Glasgow and South Western Railway in 1894 in a grand Italianate style. This was to counter the Gourock extension of the Caledonian Railway which opened in 1889 (and even the opening of Craigendoran Pier on the north bank in 1882).
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See also
Greenock and Ayrshire Railway
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 08/11/1958
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 08/11/1958
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 02/08/1958
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 02/08/1958
This station, on a steamer pier, was the terminus of a short double track branch from Fairlie Pier Junction.
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See also
Largs Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Ewan Crawford //1987
Ewan Crawford //1987
Colin Miller //1984
This was a terminus on a steamer pier in Ardrossan Harbour. The pier and station were not part of the original Ardrossan and Johnstone Railway but opened with the Ardrossan Railway, replacing Ardrossan Town as the passenger terminus in the town. With the opening of this station further goods lines also opened on the neighbouring piers.
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See also
Ardrossan Railway
Roger Geach Collection //1974
Brian Haslehust //1970
John Furnevel 07/07/1984
