Clydebank Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Clydebank Junction (1897-1959)Opened on the Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway.
Opened on the Clydebank to Dalmuir (North British Railway).
Description
This junction was east of Clydebank East, the terminus of the Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway. This line was extended west to Dalmuir in 1897 leaving the terminus on a short branch. Both lines were double track. The newer line remains open while the original terminus is closed. The newer line gently curved away to the north of the terminal lines, the kink can still be discerned today.
The signal box was in the 'V' of the junction. The terminus lines were to the south and new line to the north. The box opened with the extension and closed in 1959 along with Clydebank East.
To the east of the junction a single track line curved down to the River Clyde to serve a shipbuilding yard at East Barns of Clyde (later the site of Rothesday Dock).
Also known as Clydebank East Junction.
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JunctionAliases
Clydebank East Junction02/05/2019
| Nearby stations Yoker Clydebank Riverside Clydebank East Clydebank Yoker Ferry Drumry Renfrew Wharf Kilbowie Singer Workers Platforms Kilbowie [1st] Singer Renfrew Fulbar Street Kings Inch Garscadden Drumchapel | UCBS Biscuit Factory Elgin Works (Engineering) Clydebank East Shed Yoker Goods Yoker Shipyard Rothesay Dock Whitecrook Engine Works RHI Refactories Whitecrook Works Clydebank Goods North British Chemical Works [Dalmuir] Clydebank Engineering and Shipbuilding Works Albion Motors Ltd Tourist/other Yoker Distillery Yoker Lodge |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 08/05/1897 | Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
Clydebank to Dalmuir (North British Railway) Extended from Clydebank Junction to Dalmuir. The original terminus, Clydebank [1st], is left on a short branch with a east facing junction, Clydebank Junction, and is re-named Clydebank East. Dalmuir [1st] is replaced by Dalmuir. |
| 14/09/1959 | Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway Clydebank East to Yoker (Clydebank Junction) closed to all traffic. |
