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This junction was east of Port Glasgow station. It was the junction for Port Glasgow Goods which was on the south side of the line and approached from the east and the Port Glasgow Harbour branch. To the east were further sidings at Fyfe Park.

The signal box was on the north side of the line where the connection to the goods yard and harbour line left the main line. Both were accessed from the east.

To the east of the goods yard, on the south side of the line, were a series of sidings, approached from the west.

The harbour line served Newark Shipyard, Port Glasgow East Dock, Port Glasgow Harbour and Port Glasgow Graving Dock. It opened around 1867.

Further east, on the north side of the line and opposite the sidings, were further sidings serving Fyfe Park Shipbreaking Yard and Castle Shipyard.

Nearby the Port Glasgow Goods yard was the Gourock Rope Works.

The harbour branch closed in 1966. The signal box closed in 1967, replaced by Paisley Panel Box.

The main line remains open with no sidings in the immediate area.

Both the harbour branch and Fife Park branch were obliterated by the building of the A8. The goods yard site is now a roundabout. The Newark Shipyard, known as Ferguson's, remains open.

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