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This goods yard was not in Port Glasgow itself but located around a mile and a half south east. A station was (probably) not opened (Upper Port Glasgow).

This goods yard consisted of two sidings and a loading bank. The sidings were on the west side of the line, accessed from the north. The sidings could be entered by reversal and had a reversing spur for departure towards Paisley.

The double track line was reduced to a single track in 1959 before closure, the Greenock bound line being retained. In 1960 the signal box, west side of the line at the north end, burned down and was not replaced. The line closed altogether in 1966, cut back to leave Kilmacolm on a branch.

The trackbed has been completely obliterated at the goods station site. Not far to the north west the trackbed becomes a meandering footpath again and around half a mile south the trackbed is intact, now a foot and cycle path to Kilmacolm and beyond.

Since closure Port Glasgow has expanded south to include the area served by the former line.

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Sustrans - Paisley and Clyde Cycle Path

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