Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway

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Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway (also known as Dumbarton & Balloch Joint Railway)

Legend Balloch Pier Balloch Central (closed 23 April 1988) Balloch (opened 24 April 1988) Forth and Clyde Junction - junction with Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Alexandria Renton Dalreoch Junction - junction with Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway Dalreoch Dumbarton Central Dumbarton Joint Line Junction - junction with Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway Dumbarton East (L&DR) (connecting line opened in 1960) Bowling (L&DR) Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway Bowling - end on connection with Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway

The Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway also known as Dumbarton & Balloch Joint Railway was built to connect Balloch at the southern end of Loch Lomond down the course of the river Leven to the railway network at Dumbarton.

Contents 1 History 2 Connections to other lines 3 Current operations 4 External links 5 References

[edit] History

Formed by an agreement on the 31 October 1891 between the Caledonian Railway and the North British Railway. Amongst other things, this line enabled the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway to gain access to Balloch. This occur as a result of the Caledonian Railway proposing a parallel route between Dumbarton and Loch Lomond under the title of the Dumbarton, Jamestown and Loch Lomond Railway. As the Caledonian Railway pre-empted the opening of the L&DR, they were unprepared for the joint ownership of the line in 1896.^[1]

[edit] Connections to other lines

• Forth and Clyde Junction Railway at Forth and Clyde Junction
• Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway at Dalreoch Junction and Bowling
• Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway at Dumbarton Joint Line Junction and Bowling Link Line

[edit] Current operations

The line is still open as part of the North Clyde Line with the exception of two sections:-

• Bowling railway station to Dumbarton Joint Line Junction (abandoned in favour of the parallel Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway during electrification in 1961.
• Balloch to Balloch Pier.

[edit] External links

• Awdry, Christopher, (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing.
• RAILSCOT on the Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway

[edit] References

1. ^ Awdry