Date: 31/03/2023

It was known as Barrhead's dummy railway - built at a cost of almost £100million in todays money but destined to fail.

The nickname was given to a complex 12-mile network completed in 1905 that included the construction of seven new stations from the outskirts of Newton Mearns to Paisley, as well as 15 railway bridges, including two viaducts in Barrhead.

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The up Thames Clyde Express approaching Barrhead South Junction on 6 October 1956. Power is being provided by 2P 4-4-0 40566 piloting 46103 Royal Scots Fusilier. View is north west, with the train crossing the bridge over the Paisley and Barrhead District Railway.
See query 2226
Location: Barrhead South Junction
Company: Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway
06/10/1956 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

Looking south west along the A736 at Barrhead in the summer of 2006. In the background is the remaining section of the viaduct that once carried the Paisley and Barrhead District Railway. Each of the arches is in use by a small business operation, while on the right is the car park of the nearby Tesco Superstore. See image [[7557]]
Location: Barrhead Viaduct
Company: Paisley and Barrhead District Railway
17/08/2006 John Furnevel

A view south over the site of the never opened Lyoncross station on 8 September 1960, with BR Standard tank 80107 passing on a Neilston High - Glasgow Central train. The junction was beyond the train on the other side of Aurs Road.
Location: Lyoncross
Company: Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
08/09/1960 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

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