Elderslie

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Elderslie (1876-1966)

Station code: National Rail
Opened on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.

Description

This station opened after the Bridge of Weir [1st] branch and before the Paisley Canal line, initially with 2 platforms and later expanded to four around the time of the Kilbarchan Loop (Glasgow and South Western Railway) opening - thus providing a quadruple route from Dalry to Glasgow St Enoch.

A large collection of sidings to the north of the station, which were originally approached from the east, were looped probably during the Second World War.

A WH Malcolm / DRS depot was established here on the north side of the line in recent years but has fallen out of use.

Tags

Station underused freight facility junction junctions quadruple track
08/12/2023



Chronology Dates

  /  /1791Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal
Proposed by Earl of Eglinton. (The route between Elderslie and Port Eglinton Basin was later used by the Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)).
  /  /1807Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal
Construction begins. (The route between Elderslie and Port Eglinton Basin was later used by the Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)).
  /  /1811Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal
Last section built into Port Eglinton Basin, Glasgow. The canal ran from Johnstone to Port Eglinton Basin. An aqueduct across the Clyde to join up with the Forth and Clyde Canal was considered, but not built. (The route between Elderslie and Port Eglinton Basin was later used by the Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)).
20/06/1864Bridge of Weir Railway
Opened from Cart Junction, Elderslie, to Bridge of Weir [1st].
01/07/1885Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Opened from Port Eglinton Junction to Elderslie Junction. The line uses much of the former route of the Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal, the line runs skew across a former aqueduct bridge at Paisley Hawkhead. The canal route under the main line at Elderslie was used for a link to the Bridge of Weir Railway so that Greenock Princes Pier [1st] bound trains did not have to cross the track used by Ayr to Glasgow trains. The former Port Eglinton Basin becomes the Port Eglinton Goods depot.
  /  /1905Kilbarchan Loop (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Opened from Elderslie (Cart Junction) to Dalry (Brownhill Junction) with stations at Johnstone North [2nd], Kilbarchan, Lochwinnoch [2nd] and Kilbirnie [2nd].
27/06/1966Kilbarchan Loop (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Elderslie (Cart Junction) to Dalry (Brownhill Junction) closed to passengers.

News items

10/11/2022Glasgow ScotRail services cancelled as tree falls on train wires [Glasgow Times]