Singer Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Singer Signal Box (1907-1989)Opened on the Singer Deviation (North British Railway).
Opened on the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway.
Description
East of Singer station the Singer Deviation (North British Railway) left the former Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway. This signal box controlled the point of deviation between the original and deviation lines. The original line layout was altered at the junction to provide carriage sidings. Kilbowie [1st] station was closed and became goods sidings alongside the Singer Workers Platforms.
The box survived closure of the old route and a loop remained here until around 1988. The box closed in 1989 replaced by the Yoker Signalling Centre.
Tags
Signal box09/02/2022
| Nearby stations Singer Workers Platforms Kilbowie [1st] Drumry Clydebank Clydebank East Singer Kilbowie Clydebank Riverside Yoker Yoker Ferry Dalmuir [1st] Drumchapel Dalmuir Riverside Renfrew Wharf Dalmuir | Whitecrook Works North British Chemical Works [Dalmuir] RHI Refactories Whitecrook Engine Works Kilbowie Iron Works Clydebank Goods Clydebank Goods Junction Clydebank East Shed Singer Works Locomotive Shed Clydebank Engineering and Shipbuilding Works Clydebank Central Junction Clydebank Junction Singer Works Elgin Works (Engineering) Kilbowie Swing Bridge |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
