East India Harbour
Location type
SidingsName and dates
East India Harbour (1809-1973)Opened on the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway.
| Nearby stations Greenock Cathcart Street [1st] Greenock Central Greenock (Lynedoch) Upper Greenock Whinhill Greenock West Cartsdyke Greenock Princes Pier [1st] Greenock Princes Pier [2nd] Drumfrochar Bogston Fort Matilda Branchton Port Glasgow Ravenscraig | Lamont^s Dock Victoria Harbour Rue End Shipyards Victoria Quay East Blackhall Street Boat Builders Yard Greenock Goods Wellpark Tunnel West Harbour [Greenock] Tourist/other Custom House Quay [Greenock] Greenock Customs House Greenock Chapel Street Coal Depot Greenock Central Signal Box Cartsburn Dockyard Dellingburn Street Coal Depot Baker Street Coal Depot |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1837 | Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Dellingburn Branch to East India Harbour authorised. (This proposed route not built at this time.) |
| / /1840 | Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Original plan for the Dellingburn Branch abandoned. Revised Greenock to Dellingburn Street and thus to East India Harbour and Victoria Harbour authorised. Access at Greenock would be by reversal. Locomotives were prohibited from the branch. |
| / /1843 | Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Dellingburn Branch opened from Greenock to East India Harbour and Victoria Harbour. An elevator connects the station to the branch line. |
News items
| 08/08/2023 | Inverclyde history: East India Harbour thrived in the 1970s [Greenock Telegraph] |
Books
 Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History) |
