Langbank

Location type

Station

Name 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

Station

External links

Canmore site record
NLS 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

  /  /1840Glasgow, 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.
  /  /1865Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway
Stopping up of Langbank level crossing authorised, replaced by underline bridge.

News items

22/01/2003Rockfall at Bishopton

Books


Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History)