Rothesay Dock Branch (North British Railway and Caledonian Railway)
Introduction
This freight line is closed. The line was a joint venture between the Caledonian Railway and the North British Railway, and approach lines from both systems existed.
Dates
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Caledonian approach
This junction opened in 1907 for the Rothesay Dock line, a joint Caledonian Railway and North British Railway railway.
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See also
Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway
Ewan Crawford 09/01/2006
Ewan Crawford 09/01/2006
Ewan Crawford 09/01/2006
This was a two road single ended shed on the north side of the Caledonian Railway portion of the Rothesay Dock Branch (North British Railway and Caledonian Railway). The shed was served from the east.
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Ewan Crawford 09/01/2006
Ewan Crawford 09/01/2006
This junction was close to Rothesay Dock and its yard. The line from Rothesay Dock East Junction (North British Railway) met the line from Scotstoun West Junction (Caledonian Railway) here. There was a signal box located in the 'V' of the junction, aligned with the North British line (and on its south side), opposite a water tank.
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Bill Roberton //1988
Bill Roberton //1988
This junction was on the approach to the large yard at Rothesay Dock. The dock was approached from the east by two lines, one from Clydebank Dock Junction (North British Railway) and one from Scotstoun West Junction (Caledonian Railway). The signal box, 'Green Road', was on the north side of the junction. It opened in 1907 with the junction.
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Alistair MacKenzie 09/05/2007
Alistair MacKenzie 09/05/2007
Alistair MacKenzie 09/05/2007
Alistair MacKenzie 09/05/2007
North British approach
This junction was to the west of Scotstounhill, it led to the Rothesay Dock Branch (North British Railway and Caledonian Railway) which ran west to the Rothesay Dock on the north bank of the River Clyde. There was a large yard next to the main line by the junction. The signal box was on the south side of the main line and north side of the yard.
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See also
Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
Ewan Crawford //1987
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 03/05/1958
This is a train servicing depot west of Garscadden station on the south side of the line. It replaced depots at Hyndland [1st] (Hyndland Depot where EMU maintenance was carried out) and Bridgeton Central (Bridgeton Depot which was a stabling and train cleaning site). It is built on the site of Yoker Yard and accessed, to the east, by the former [[Clydebank Dock East ...
More detailsSee also
Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
Veronica Clibbery 01/01/2022
Ewan Crawford //2000
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Veronica Clibbery 01/01/2022
Beth Crawford 22/05/2017
This junction was close to Rothesay Dock and its yard. The line from Rothesay Dock East Junction (North British Railway) met the line from Scotstoun West Junction (Caledonian Railway) here. There was a signal box located in the 'V' of the junction, aligned with the North British line (and on its south side), opposite a water tank.
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Bill Roberton //1988
Bill Roberton //1988
This junction was on the approach to the large yard at Rothesay Dock. The dock was approached from the east by two lines, one from Clydebank Dock Junction (North British Railway) and one from Scotstoun West Junction (Caledonian Railway). The signal box, 'Green Road', was on the north side of the junction. It opened in 1907 with the junction.
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Alistair MacKenzie 09/05/2007
Alistair MacKenzie 09/05/2007
Alistair MacKenzie 09/05/2007
Alistair MacKenzie 09/05/2007
Dock
This junction was on the approach to the large yard at Rothesay Dock. The dock was approached from the east by two lines, one from Clydebank Dock Junction (North British Railway) and one from Scotstoun West Junction (Caledonian Railway). The signal box, 'Green Road', was on the north side of the junction. It opened in 1907 with the junction.
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Alistair MacKenzie 09/05/2007
Alistair MacKenzie 09/05/2007
Alistair MacKenzie 09/05/2007
Alistair MacKenzie 09/05/2007
This dock, opened by George, Prince of Wales and Duke of Rothesay, was completed in 1907. It is located in Clydebank, on the north bank of the River Clyde. It was built for the Clyde Navigation Trust and was built for the coal and iron and steel industries. It was built at the East Barns of Clyde.
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G W Robin //1956
Ewan Crawford 15/08/2004
David Murray-Smith //
Ewan Crawford //1990
