Penilee Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Penilee Signal Box (1877-1931)Opened on the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway.
Description
This box opened north of the railway between Cardonald and Paisley Gilmour Street. The location is now Hillington West station (the station is just a little to the east).
A brick works was on the south side of the line, with a siding making a trailing connection.
The box closed in 1931, having burned down in 1930.
Hillington Halt (later Hillington West) opened in 1940.
Tags
Signal box brick works| Nearby stations Hillington West Hillington East Crookston Deanside King George V Dock Platform Cardonald Hawkhead [1st] Hawkhead Mosspark Paisley East South Renfrew Renfrew Porterfield Scotstoun East Kings Inch Sandyford Halt | Hillington Timber and Fireproofing Works Hillington Brick Works Cardonald Engineering Works Hillington Gas Works Coal Tippler Hillington Industrial Estate Hillington Tube Works Deanside Transit Shieldhall Junction Shieldhall Yard Ralston Brick Works Shieldhall Scrap Yard Hawkhead War Department Siding Arkleston Tunnel Tourist/other Ralston Signal Box Ralston House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 09/09/1880 | Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Accident at Penilee Signal Box. |
Books
 An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways |
