Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway

Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway
Overview
Locale	Scotland
Dates of operation	September 1840–31 December 1922
Successor	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

The Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway was the section of railway line between Glasgow Bridge Street railway station and Paisley, in the west of Scotland. It was constructed and operated jointly by two competing railway companies as the stem of their lines to Greenock and Ayr respectively, and it opened in 1840. The Joint Committee, which controlled the line, built a branch to Govan and later to Cessnock Dock, and then Prince's Dock.

Glasgow Central

River Clyde

parts of former station

reused as carriage sidings

Glasgow Bridge Street

Eglinton Street Goods Station

Cook Street Mineral Station (G&SWR)

Polloc & Govan Rly, Cathcart District Rly

Glasgow, Barrhead & Kilmarnock Jt Rly

West Street

(Cook Street)

City of Glasgow Union Railway

General Terminus and

Glasgow Harbour Railway

Shields Road

Shields Junction (simplified)

Princes Dock Joint Railway

Paisley Canal Line

Ibrox

Ibrox East and West Junctions

Govan

Cardonald

Cardonald Junction

Glasgow and Renfrew District Railway

Arkleston Junction

Paisley and Renfrew Railway

Paisley Greenlaw Goods

Wallneuk Junction

Paisley Gilmour Street

Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & Ayr Rly

Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway

With the passing of the Railways Act 1921 (Grouping Act) the line, together with the Caledonian Railway and the Glasgow and South Western Railway, became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS).

The line is still in heavy use today as the eastern end of the Inverclyde Line and the Ayrshire Coast Line.

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