Glasgow and Renfrew District Railway

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Glasgow and
Renfrew District Railway

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Paisley and Renfrew Railway

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Paisley and Renfrew Railway

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Shieldhall Junction

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Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway

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Cardonald Junction

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Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway

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United Kingdom legislation

Glasgow and Renfrew District Railway Act 1897

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Citation| 60 & 61 Vict. c. clxxi
Dates
Royal assent| 6 August 1897
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Glasgow and Renfrew District Railway was nominally owned by the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway.[1] It was incorporated on 6 August 1897 by the Glasgow and Renfrew District Railway Act 1897 (60 & 61 Vict. c. clxxi) and opened on 1 June 1903.[1][2]

In the 1921 Railway Grouping it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS).

## The route

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### Passenger and freight services

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The line left the main Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway at Cardonald and travelled in a north-westerly direction towards the River Clyde. The first passenger station on the line being at Deanside; however this station closed on 2 January 1905.[3] The next station was King's Inch.

The line then followed the direction of the River Clyde where it crossed over the top of the Paisley and Renfrew Railway before turning south west, and running parallel with the Paisley and Renfrew Railway.

Its terminal station Renfrew Porterfield was located close to the Paisley and Renfrew Railway's Renfrew South.

The Caledonian Railway and the Glasgow and South Western Railway were each solely responsible for running passenger services to Renfrew Porterfield for six-month blocks, after which the other company took over for six months. This arrangement ran from 1903 to 1907; after that passenger services were provided solely by the Glasgow and South Western Railway.[2]

### Freight branches

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Freight branches were also built to service traffic on the River Clyde at:

* King's Inch.
* Shieldhall.[2]

## 20th century expansion

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This was due in part to the building of the King George V Dock at Shieldhall: the south side opened in 1931;[4][5] and the west side in World War II.[4] In addition, the Deanside and Braehead Transit Depots opened in World War II to handle increased traffic through the docks.[4] This led to a buildup in freight traffic on the line.

The building of a coal-fired power station at Braehead after World War II also lead to considerable freight traffic on the King's Inch branch.[5] The power station was later converted to oil firing.

## Closure

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Deanside was the first station to close; it closed on 2 January 1905.[3] Renfrew Porterfield and King's Inch stations closed on 19 July 1926.[3][6] However, the line to Renfrew Porterfield continued to be used for freight,[7] as did the freight-only branches.

Braehead power station was closed and demolished in the early 1990s; it is being redeveloped as the Braehead regeneration project.

## See also

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* Paisley and Renfrew Railway
* Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Awdry, page 76
2. ^ a b c Casserley
3. ^ a b c Butt
4. ^ a b c Sleeman. The Present System: The Port of Glasgow To-day. In Chapter 10 of: Cunnison & Gilfillan
5. ^ a b Osborne, Quinn and Robertson
6. ^ Little
7. ^ Sellar and Stevenson

## References

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* Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
* Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
* Casserley, H. C. (1968). Britain's Joint Lines. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7.
* Cunnison, J. and Gilfillan, J.B.S., (1958). The Third Statistical Account of Scotland: Glasgow. Glasgow: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.
* Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
* Little, M., (1979). Greater Glasgow's Railway Network. In: Scottish Transport, 33, Scottish Tramway Museum Society. ISSN 0048-9808.
* Osborne, Quinn and Robertson. (1996). Glasgow's River. Glasgow: Lindsay Publications. ISBN 1-898169-08-X.
* Seller, W.S.; Stevenson, J.L. (1980). The Last Trains, Volume 2: Glasgow & Central Scotland. Edinburgh: Moorfoot Publishing. ISBN 0-9066-0602-0. OCLC 25917538.
* Thomas, John (Introduction) (n.d.) [post-1977 and pre-1982]. Smith, W. A. C. (compiler) (ed.). Rails Around Glasgow. Paisley: Scottish Steam Railtours Group. ISBN 0-9506-9090-2.

*   * Thomas, John (1971). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. VI Scotland: The Lowlands and the Borders (1st ed.). Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5408-6. OCLC 16198685.
* Thomas, John; Paterson, Rev A. J. S. (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. VI Scotland: The Lowlands and the Borders (2nd ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-9465-3712-7. OCLC 12521072.

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Historical Scottish railway companies

Primary companies|

* Caledonian Railway
* Glasgow and South Western Railway
* Great North of Scotland Railway
* Highland Railway
* North British Railway

Caledonian
Railway|

* Aberdeen Railway
* Alloa Railway
* Alyth
* Arbroath and Forfar
* Busby Railway
* Cathcart District
* Clydesdale Junction
* Crieff Junction
* Crieff and Comrie
* Crieff and Methven Junction
* Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie
* Dunblane, Doune and Callander
* Dundee and Perth
* Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen
* Forfar and Brechin
* General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour
* Garnkirk and Glasgow
* Glasgow Central Railway
* Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock
* Greenock and Wemyss Bay
* Hamilton and Strathaven
* Lanarkshire and Ayrshire
* Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire
* Leadhills and Wanlockhead
* Lesmahagow Railway
* Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie
* Paisley and Barrhead District
* Perth, Almond Valley and Methven
* Polloc and Govan
* Rutherglen and Coatbridge
* Scottish Central
* Scottish Midland Junction
* Scottish North Eastern
* Solway Junction
* Symington, Biggar and Broughton
* Talla Railway
* Wishaw and Coltness

Lines built by the Caledonian Railway
Balerno line
CR Cleland and Midcalder
CR Main Line
CR Douglas Branch
CR Hamilton Branch
CR Hamiltonhill Branch
CR The Switchback

Independent lines worked by the Caledonian Railway
Callander and Oban
Killin Railway

Glasgow and South
Western Railway|

* Ardrossan Railway
* Ardrossan and Johnstone
* Ayr and Dalmellington
* Ayr and Maybole Junction
* Ayr to Mauchline
* Ayrshire and Wigtownshire
* Barrhead Branch
* Bridge of Weir Railway
* Cairn Valley
* Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction
* Castle Douglas and Dumfries
* Dalry and North Johnstone
* Darvel Branch
* Girvan and Portpatrick Junction
* Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle
* Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr
* Greenock and Ayrshire
* Kilmarnock and Troon
* Largs Branch
* Maidens and Dunure
* Maybole and Girvan
* Paisley and Renfrew
* Paisley Canal Line

Great North of
Scotland Railway|

* Aberdeen and Turriff
* Aboyne and Braemar
* Alford Valley
* Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction
* Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla
* Boddam Branch
* Deeside
* Denburn Valley
* Formartine and Buchan
* Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction
* Keith and Dufftown
* Moray Coast
* Morayshire
* St Combs Light Railway
* Strathspey Railway

Highland Railway|

* Buckie and Portessie Branch
* Dingwall and Skye
* Duke of Sutherland
* Findhorn Railway
* Fortrose Branch
* Inverness and Aberdeen Junction
* Inverness and Aviemore Direct
* Inverness and Nairn
* Inverness and Perth Junction
* Inverness and Ross-shire
* Kyle of Lochalsh Extension
* Perth and Dunkeld
* Sutherland and Caithness
* Sutherland Railway

Independent lines worked by the Highland Railway
Dornoch Light Railway
Wick and Lybster Light Railway

North British
Railway|

* Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick
* Anstruther and St Andrews Railway
* Ballochney
* Bathgate and Coatbridge
* Blane Valley
* Border Counties Railway
* Border Union Railway
* Campsie Branch
* Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company
* Charleston Railway and Harbour Company
* Coatbridge Branch
* Devon Valley Railway
* Dunfermline and Queensferry
* East of Fife Railway
* Edinburgh and Bathgate
* Edinburgh and Dalkeith
* Edinburgh and Glasgow
* Edinburgh and Hawick
* Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
* Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway
* Edinburgh and Northern
* Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction
* Esk Valley
* Eyemouth Railway
* Fife and Kinross Railway
* Forth and Clyde Junction
* Gifford and Garvald
* Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge
* Glasgow City and District
* Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh
* Glasgow and Milngavie Junction
* Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank
* Kelvin Valley Railway
* Kincardine Line
* Kinross-shire Railway
* Kirkcaldy and District Railway
* Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton
* Leven Railway
* Leven and East of Fife Railway
* Macmerry Branch
* Monkland and Kirkintilloch
* Monkland Railways
* Montrose and Bervie
* Mallaig Extension
* Newburgh and North Fife Railway (worked by NBR)
* Newport Railway
* North Berwick Branch
* North British, Arbroath and Montrose
* Peebles Railway
* The St. Andrews Railway
* Stirling and Dunfermline
* Strathendrick and Aberfoyle
* Slamannan
* Slamannan and Borrowstounness
* Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway
* West Highland Railway
* West of Fife Mineral Railway
* Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness

Joint lines|

* Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction
* City Union
* Dundee and Arbroath
* Darvel and Strathaven
* Glasgow and Paisley Joint
* Glasgow and Renfrew District
* Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint
* Kilsyth and Bonnybridge
* Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint

Other lines|

* Brechin and Edzell District
* Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway
* Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway
* Dundee and Arbroath
* Hagdale Chromate Railway
* Invergarry and Fort Augustus
* Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway
* Lochaber Narrow Gauge
* Perth, Almond Valley and Methven
* Rothesay and Ettrick Bay Light Railway
* Skye Marble Railway
* Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway

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Constituent railway companies of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway

Constituent companies|

* Caledonian Railway
* Furness Railway
* Glasgow and South Western Railway
* Highland Railway
* Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
* London and North Western Railway
* Midland Railway
* North Staffordshire Railway

Subsidiary companies|

* Arbroath and Forfar Railway
* Brechin and Edzell District Railway
* Callander and Oban Railway
* Cathcart District Railway
* Charnwood Forest Railway
* Cleator and Workington Junction Railway
* Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway
* Dearne Valley Railway
* Dornoch Light Railway
* Dundee and Newtyle Railway
* Harborne Railway
* Killin Railway
* Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
* Knott End Railway
* Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway
* Maryport and Carlisle Railway
* Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway
* North and South Western Junction Railway
* North London Railway
* Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railways
* Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company
* Solway Junction Railway
* Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway
* Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway
* Wick and Lybster Light Railway
* Wirral Railway
* Yorkshire Dales Railway

Former joint railways|

* Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway
* Citadel Station Joint Committee
* Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway
* Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
* Furness and Midland Joint Railway
* Goods Traffic Committee
* Lancashire Union Railway
* North Union Railway
* Preston and Longridge Railway
* Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
* Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway

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