Nearby stations Greenock Central Greenock Cathcart Street [1st] Greenock (Lynedoch) Whinhill Upper Greenock Cartsdyke Greenock West Drumfrochar Greenock Princes Pier [1st] Greenock Princes Pier [2nd] Bogston Fort Matilda Branchton Port Glasgow Ravenscraig | Rue End Shipyards Victoria Quay East Blackhall Street Boat Builders Yard Boat Building Yard Nicoll Cartside Timber Yard Cartsdyke West Yard East India Harbour Greenock Foundry Cartsdyke Slip Tourist/other Cartsburn Dockyard Greenock Central Signal Box Greenock Chapel Street Coal Depot Greenock John Street Signal Box Custom House Quay [Greenock] Baker Street Coal Depot |
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. |
/ /1840 | Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Original plan for the Dellingburn Branch abandoned. Revised Greenock to Dellingburn Street and thus to East India Harbour and Victoria Harbour authorised. Access at Greenock would be by reversal. Locomotives were prohibited from the branch. |
/ /1843 | Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Dellingburn Branch opened from Greenock to East India Harbour and Victoria Harbour. An elevator connects the station to the branch line. |
/ /1865 | Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Branch from Cartsburn Junction to Victoria Harbour authorised (where it would meet the Dellingburn Branch). |
01/06/1869 | Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Branch from Cartsburn Junction to Victoria Harbour opened. Proposed branch to Greenock Albert Harbour [Dock] abandoned. |
Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History) |