Kilbowie
Location type
StationNames and dates
Kilbowie Road (1896-1908)Kilbowie (1908-1964)
Opened on the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway.
Description
This was an island platform station on a raised embankment to the west of Kilbowie Road. The station building was typical of the line and there were not just platform lines but loops on either side of the island platform.
The western approach to the station was controlled by Kilbowie signal box (on the south side at the west end of the station) and the eastern from Clydebank Goods Junction box (north of the line on the east side of Kilbowie Road). The Kilbowie box was originally on the south side of the bridge crossing the NB line and was later replaced with another to the north side, closer to the station.
The station was just south of the Forth and Clyde Canal across which was the Singer Works. Kilbowie Swing Bridge was built to the west of the station to give access to the works but was never brought into use after a legal argument with the North British Railway.
The Clydebank Goods station was on the east side of Kilbowie Road, on the south/west side of the line and approached from the west.
Immediately west the line passed over Clydebank to Dalmuir (North British Railway). Just west of this the line crossed Dumbarton Road (on a bridge still known as the 'Caley Bridge').
The line to the east of the station used a short infilled section of the Forth and Cart Canal to reach Clydebank Riverside station.
Clydebank Goods Junction box closed in 1933. Following this access to Clydebank Goods was from the west end of the station.
The station closed in 1964. In 1966 the line was singled and Kilbowie signal box closed.
The line closed in 1976 when a new chord opened from Clydebank Central Junction (on the former North British Railway line) to the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway, immediately east of the bridge over Dumbarton Road. This short chord was steeply gradient to reach the former L&A and had a tight curve onto the bridge. The portion of line from the new curve to Scotstoun West Junction closed.
Nothing remains of Kilbowie station today. The southern abutment of the swing bridge over the canal remains along with a short length of retaining wall which supported the north side sidings.
Tags
Station island platform
| Nearby stations Clydebank Singer Workers Platforms Kilbowie [1st] Singer Clydebank East Clydebank Riverside Dalmuir Riverside Dalmuir [1st] Drumry Dalmuir Yoker Yoker Ferry Renfrew Wharf Renfrew Fulbar Street Drumchapel | Singer Works Locomotive Shed Clydebank Central Junction Clydebank Goods Junction Kilbowie Swing Bridge Kilbowie Iron Works Singer Works Clydebank Goods Clydebank Engineering and Shipbuilding Works Post Office Submarine Cable Depot Dalmuir North British Chemical Works [Dalmuir] Whitecrook Engine Works Whitecrook Works Royal Naval Stores Depot Dalmuir Tourist/other Titan Crane [Clydebank] Singer Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
News items
| 18/03/2021 | Kilbowie Road: Man arrested after suspicious package found near Singer station [Evening Times] |
