RAILSCOT | Elderslie Fly Under

Place

Elderslie Fly Under (1869-1983)

Opened on the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway.

West of Elderslie station was a flyunder which allowed a train from the station's slow westbound line to pass under the Ayr mainline to reach Cart Junction and then proceed to Greenock Princes Pier or south via Kilbarchan.

This avoided conflicting movements. For example a train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr could simultaneously leave the station while a Paisley Canal to Greenock Princes Pier train left.

The route ran from Elderslie Junction to Cart Junction using the route of the former Glasgow and Ardrossan Canal where it was crossed over by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway in 1840. The canal was long closed by the time the fly under was built.

Nearby stations Elderslie Johnstone Ferguslie Johnstone North [2nd] Johnstone North [1st] Houston Stanely Paisley West Milliken Park [1st] Milliken Park Paisley St James Tweenie Hills Kilbarchan Paisley Canal [1st] Glenfield	Elderslie Junction Elderslie No 2 Junction Johnstone Junction Cart Junction Linwood Car Plant Union Iron Works Cartside Junction Canal Junction [Elderslie] Linwood Brick Works Linwood Goods [GSW] Johnstone Canal Basin Linwood Colliery Linwood Paper Mill Barbush Pit No 4 Pressed Steel Co Ltd
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.