Old Kilpatrick

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Old Kilpatrick (1896-1964)

Opened on the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway.

Description

This was a two platform station in slight cutting below road level. There were Caledonian Railway style buildings on the platforms (the westbound platform building was the larger) and ramps to street level. The passenger station was on the north side of the Erskine Ferry Road.

The goods yard was to the east (actually south of Erskine Ferry Road), served from the east and on the south side of the line. Sidings ran to several works including the Mountblow Oil Terminal (or Dunnotar) and Arnott, Young and Co [Old Kilpatrick]. The signal box was on the south side of Eskine Ferry Road, east side of the line, opening in 1896 with the station. It was a very tall box, looking out over the the road to the station and goods yard.

The station closed to passengers in 1964. The box closed in 1965 as the line west to Bowling [CR] and Dunglass Junction [West] fell out of use.

The Mountblow Oil Terminal remained open, now served by a single track goods only railway. It was reached by reversal in from the former goods yard. It fell out of use beyond the Chivas Bros Siding [Dalmuir] in the 1980s and was partly lifted, formally closed in 1993.

The cutting at the station site has been filled at its eastern end, but the platforms remain. The trackbed is usually flooded.

Tags

Station

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map




Nearby stations
Kilpatrick
Dalmuir
Bowling [CR]
Dalmuir [1st]
Dalmuir Riverside
Bowling
Bishopton
Singer
Kilbowie
Kilbowie [1st]
Singer Workers Platforms
Clydebank
Clydebank East
Georgetown [NFF]
Clydebank Riverside
Old Kilpatrick Swing Bridge
Electric Lamp Factory [Old Kilpatrick]
Arnott, Young and Co [Old Kilpatrick]
British Marine Motor Works
Lock 37 [FCC]
Lusset Glen Viaduct
RN Oil Fuel Depot Dalnottar
Mountblow Oil Terminal
Donald^s Quay
Ferrydyke Bascule Bridge
Bowling Harbour Signal Box
Tourist/other
Erskine Ferry Slip
Dalnotter House
Erskine Ferry Slip
Auchentoshan Distillery
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

15/06/1896Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway
Clydebank Riverside to Dumbarton East Junction opened for goods. Old Kilpatrick opened to goods.
01/10/1896Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway
Line opened to passengers - Possil to Clydebank [CR] and Partick North Junction to Partick East Junction. Dumbarton East, Bowling [CR], Old Kilpatrick, Dalmuir [CR], Kilbowie Road, Clydebank [CR], Yoker [CR], Scotstoun [1st], Victoria Park, Whiteinch [CR], Partick West, Crow Road, Partick Central stations opened.
05/10/1964Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway
Possil North to Partick West and Partick West to Dunglass Junction closed to passengers. Possil North, Maryhill Central closed and Partick West, Whiteinch Riverside, Scotstoun East, Scotstoun West, Clydebank Riverside, Kilbowie Road, Dalmuir Riverside, Old Kilpatrick closed.
11/10/1965Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway
The line ceases to be a through route, Dunglass Junction (excluded) to Old Kilpatrick (excluded) closed. Bowling Swing Bridge, Old Kilpatrick signal boxes closed. The line east from Old Kilpatrick to Dalmuir Riverside remains open as yard working. The line was singled, with the former eastbound line lifted.

News items

10/12/2021Dumbarton Road, Old Kilpatrick reopened following 3.5m bridge replacement works [Network Rail]
24/11/2021Old Kilpatrick A814 bridge works will finish late [Clydebank Post]
31/07/2021Old Kilpatrick: Bridge near Glasgow to close on Monday to traffic for around four months [Evening Times]
12/07/2021Old Kilpatrick bridge: A814 to shut for four months due to demolition work [Clydebank Post]
25/02/2020Work complete on Old Kilpatrick bridge despite storms [Network Rail]
18/02/2020Road at Old Kilpatrick rail bridge now reopened despite delay [Clydebank Post]
13/02/2020Reopening of road at Old Kilpatrick bridge delayed due to weather [Clydebank Post]
23/01/2020Old Kilpatrick road closure is vital step towards rail bridge refurbishment [Network Rail]
22/01/2020Residents call for awareness campaign to highlight rail bridge closure [Clydebank Post]

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways

The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos)