Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
From Graces Guide
A short line linking the Stobcross branch of the North British Railway with John Brown and Co on Clydebank.
1878 Incorporated. Length 3.5 miles.
1882 Opened from Yoker Junction to Clydebank; this line was used in conjunction with a ferry across the Clyde and the Stobcross Railway station at Partick for shipyard workers who lived in Govan to travel to the new Clydebank shipyards which had re-located from Govan.[1]
1897 the line was absorbed by the North British Railway. An extension to Dalmuir was added.
1959 Line closed
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Sources of Information
- Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies by Christopher Awdry. Published 1990