Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway

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Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway

Legend Possil Junction - junction with Hamiltonhill Branch Possil - end on connection Glasgow Central Railway Maryhill Central Maryhill Central Junction - junction with Glasgow Central Railway River Kelvin Bellshaugh & Kirklee Junctions - junctions with Glasgow Central Railway Dawsholme (GCR) Dawsholme Junction - junction with Glasgow Central Railway Kelvinside Crow Road Partick West - North Junction Partick West - West and East Junctions Partick West Partick Central route partially used by Argyle Line - connection with Glasgow Central Railway Stobcross - connection with Glasgow Central Railway Whiteinch Riverside Scotstoun East Yoker (for Renfrew) Clydebank Riverside Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway Kilbowie Clydebank (GY&CR) Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway Dalmuir Riverside Old Kilpatrick Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway Bowling Bowling (GD&HR/C&DJR) (connecting line opened in 1960) Dumbarton East Dumbarton Joint Line Junction Dumbarton Central - end on connection with Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway

Contents 1 Early days 2 Connections to other lines 3 Current usage 4 External links

[edit] Early days

The Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway was authorised in 1891, and opened in stages between 26 November 1894 and 1 October 1896.

On 16 August 1909 the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway was absorbed into the Caledonian Railway

In 1923, the Railway became part of LMS.

[edit] Connections to other lines

• Hamiltonhill Branch at Possil Junction
• Glasgow Central Railway at Maryhill Central, Bellshaugh Junction, Dawsholme Junctions and Stobcross
• Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway link line west of Bowling, Dumbarton Joint Line Junction and west of Dumbarton Central

[edit] Current usage

The majority of the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway is disused. Two short sections are still used.

• A short section of tunnel west of Stobcross was reused as part of the Argyle Line in conjunction with a new tunnel connecting to the Stobcross Railway for eastbound trains.
• Between Bowling and Dumbarton Joint Line Junction was electrified in preference to the adjacent Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway as part of the North Clyde Line scheme in 1961. The adjacent line was abandoned, apart from a section retained to serve Bowling Oil Terminal, which has since been closed.

[edit] External links

RAILSCOT on the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway