Castle Yard Ground Frame
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Castle Yard Ground FrameOpened on the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway.
Description
At the east end of the sidings of Port Glasgow Goods was a short branch on the north side which made a trailing connection to the eastbound line. This short branch served Lamont's Castle Yard (a shipyard just east of Newark Castle and the Fyfe Park Shipbreaking Yard. The location was simplified by taking the connection out, the yards could be reached via a line, now a headshunt, from Port Glasgow Goods.
Tags
Ground frame
| Nearby stations Woodhall Upper Port Glasgow Port Glasgow Bogston Cardross Cartsdyke Whinhill Kilmacolm Langbank Greenock Central Greenock (Lynedoch) Greenock Cathcart Street [1st] Upper Greenock Dalreoch Greenock West | Port Glasgow Gas Works Fyfe Park Shipbreaking Yard Port Glasgow Junction Castle Yard Port Glasgow Goods Newark Shipyard Gourock Rope Works [2nd] Bay Shipbuilding Yard Dock Shipbuilding Yard Upper Port Glasgow Siding Port Glasgow Wet Dock Port Glasgow Harbour Port Glasgow East Dock Port Glasgow Graving Dock Tourist/other Newark Castle [Port Glasgow] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History) |
