• The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway (GP&GR) was an early Scottish railway, opened in 1841, providing train services between Greenock and Glasgow. At...
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    Glasgow and Ayr, in stages from 1839 to 1840. The section between Glasgow and Paisley was made jointly with the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway...
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    the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (GPK&AR). The station was used jointly by the GPK&AR and the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway (GP&GR)...
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    section between Glasgow, and Paisley Gilmour Street being run by the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway. Greenock was already a major seaport and a branch near...
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    Greenock's west end. To regain custom, the Caledonian Railway extended (what is now known as the Inverclyde Line) the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway...
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  • 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...
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    Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway company. There is a half-hourly service available from here Mon-Sat daytimes, westbound to Greenock Central and Gourock...
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    Stranraer and Carlisle. It was formed on 28 October 1850 by the merger of two earlier railways, the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway and the Glasgow...
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    Paisley and Greenock Railway (GP&G), which later merged with the Caledonian Railway, and the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (GPK&A), which...
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    Street and John Wood Street. It opened on 31 March 1841, being one of the intermediate stations on the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway which opened...
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  • Clyde at Renfrew Wharf, enabling journeys between Glasgow and Paisley by connecting river boat. The railway was built to the track gauge of 4 ft 6 in (1,372...
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  • providing services between Greenock and Wemyss Bay. In 1841 the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway opened its line. At the time the River Clyde was heavily...
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    Greenock (later renamed Greenock Central railway station), with the section between Glasgow, and Paisley Gilmour Street being run by the Glasgow and Paisley...
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    cutting of a tunnel for the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway. The mineral was named after the land owner Lord Greenock (1783–1859). Greenockite, also...
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    the Paisley Canal line (also part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company) to continue onto the Bridge of Weir Railway and Greenock and Ayrshire...
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    1885 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway, situated on a loop line to Elderslie Junction due to congestion on the line through Paisley Gilmour Street...
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  • intermediate point, and in 1840 the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway opened; the following year the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway opened its...
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    line was very circuitous. The Caledonian also worked the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway with a terminus at Bridge Street, also inconveniently situated...
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  • Manchester and Leeds Railway, the first to cross the Pennines of England (via Summit Tunnel). March 29 – The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway opened...
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    the single track Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway branching from the main Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway at Port Glasgow and taking an inland route...
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  • The Greenock and Ayrshire Railway ran from Greenock, Scotland to Bridge of Weir, connecting there to the Glasgow and South Western Railway and making a...
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    Paisley Abercorn railway station was a railway station in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was built by the Glasgow and South Western railway...
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    Greenock and Wemyss Bay, with through carriages being provided from Edinburgh to stations on the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway and Greenock and...
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    railway station was a railway station serving the village of Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, originally as part of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock...
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  • Scotland: Paisley Abercorn railway station (closed) Paisley Canal railway station Paisley East railway station (closed) Paisley Gilmour Street railway station...
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  • Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway opened 29 March 1840; merged with the Caledonian Railway 1847 Hamilton and Strathaven...
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    Paisley East was an unopened railway station in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Paisley and Barrhead District...
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    losing Clyde steamer trade to the new Glasgow and South Western Railway terminal at Greenock Princes Pier railway station. So the Caledonian extended its...
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  • Southern (Greenock)". Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette: 7. 21 April 1883. M'Dowall, John (1882). Scottish Football Association Annual 1882–83. Glasgow: W. Weatherston...
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    the River and Firth of Clyde. From 1841 the Caledonian Railway's Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock line offered quicker travel to its Greenock Cathcart Street...
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