Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway

Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
Locale Scotland Dates of operation 14 August 1855 – 31 July 1862 Successor line Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Legend
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (east) Cowlairs Junctions   Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (south)   Hamiltonhill Branch (east) Hamiltonhill Goods Depot Possilpark   Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway   Lochburn   Kelvin Valley Railway Kelvin Valley Junction Maryhill Maryhill Park Junction   Stobcross Railway   Glasgow City and District Railway Knightswood North Junction Westerton Milngavie Junction   Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway Drumchapel Singer Singer Works   Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway Dalmuir Dalmuir Park Junction Kilpatrick   Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway Bowling (L&DR) Bowling (GD&HR/C&DJR Joint) (connecting line opened in 1960) Dumbarton East (L&DR) Dumbarton Joint Line Junction Dumbarton Central (C&DJR) Dalreoch (C&DJR)   Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway Cardross Craigendoran Junction Craigendoran Helensburgh Central Helensburgh Upper (WHR)   West Highland Railway

Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway is an historic railway in Scotland.

History

It was authorised by an Act of Parliament on 14 August 1855.

The railway was absorbed by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on 31 July 1862.

Connections to other lines

• Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway at Cowlairs Junction
• Kelvin Valley Railway at Kelvin Valley Junction
• Stobcross Railway at Maryhill Park Junction
• Glasgow City and District Railway at Knightswood North Junction
• Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway at Westerton
• Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway at Dalmuir
• Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway at Dumbarton Joint Line Junction
• Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway at Dalreoch
• West Highland Railway at Craigendoran

Current operations

With the exception of a small section west of Bowling, the line is still open.

• West Highland Line and Caledonian Sleeper between Cowlairs Junction and Craigendoran Junction.
• Maryhill Line between Cowlairs Junction and Maryhill Park Junction
• North Clyde Line (and some Argyle Line services) between Knightswood North Junction and Helensburgh Central

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. 
• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway