Port Eglinton Goods
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Port Eglinton Goods (1885-1966)Opened on the Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
Description
This was a goods yard served from the west at Port Eglinton built on the site of the former Port Eglinton Basin. The approach to the yard was from West Street Junction [GSWR] where there was a signal box from 1885 to 1903 when control was given to the new Port Eglinton Junction signal box.
The depot closed in 1966.
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GoodsExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
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NLS Map
03/11/2017
Chronology Dates
| 01/07/1885 | Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Opened from Port Eglinton Junction to Elderslie Junction. The line uses much of the former route of the Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal, the line runs skew across a former aqueduct bridge at Paisley Hawkhead. The canal route under the main line at Elderslie was used for a link to the Bridge of Weir Railway so that Greenock Princes Pier [1st] bound trains did not have to cross the track used by Ayr to Glasgow trains. The former Port Eglinton Basin becomes the Port Eglinton Goods depot. |
