Langbank
Location type
StationName and dates
Langbank (1852-)Station code: LGB National Rail ScotRail
Where: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Opened on the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway.
Open on the Inverclyde Lines.
Description
This is a two platform station with a good view of the River Clyde from its platforms.
The main station building was on the westbound platform with a shelter on the eastbound. The goods yard was to the east, a single siding on the south side of the line and approached from the west. This had a loading bank. The signal box was east of the passenger platforms on the south side of the line by the turnout and with a trailing crossover.
The box closed in 1966 when taken over by the Paisley Power Box in advance of electrification.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
02/01/2021
Facilities
Gaelic name: A^ Bhruach Fhada
| Nearby stations Dalreoch Dumbarton Central Dumbarton East Kilmacolm Woodhall Upper Port Glasgow Northbrae Renton Cardross Bowling Rockbank Bishopton Bowling [CR] South Crook Port Glasgow | Launch Building and Engineering Works Woodyard Shipyard Lower Woodyard Shipyard Sandpoint Marina Lifeboat Building Works Castle Green Shipyard Dumbarton Saw Mill Tourist/other Langbank Crannog Gleddoch House Erskine West Ferry River Clyde Dumbarton Pier Finlaystone Timber Ponds Dumbarton Castle St Serf^s Church |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1840 | Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Authorisation to purchase the Erskine West Ferry for Dumbarton and run ferries. West Ferry was a mile east of Langbank station. |
| / /1865 | Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Stopping up of Langbank level crossing authorised, replaced by underline bridge. |
News items
| 22/01/2003 | Rockfall at Bishopton |
Books
 Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History) |
