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james73
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 Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:10 pm Post subject: Trans-Clyde Rail Map 1979 |
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First-ever SPT Rail Map from 1979, after the re-opening of the Argyle Line. It remained
unchanged until 1983 when the Paisley Canal and Kilmacolm lines were closed.
Compare to todays map:
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scallopboy
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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glasgowken
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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Damned cheek  Are you implying i'm a rail fan ? 
Nice map James  I guess the most obvious changes are the Maryhill line, and the Kilmacolm (sp) extension. |
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james73
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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Aye, the Paisley Canal - Kilmacolm section has gone, but there's a few additions
like the Larkhall and Whifflet lines and the Cumbernauld - Motherwell service.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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IBM station on the Wemyss Bay line is not included on the 1979 map as it was a secret for staff only use back then  |
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james73
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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There's quite a few additional stations now, and not just on that line. Quite astonishing
given that 1979 was the beginning of tory mis-rule...
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:24 am Post subject: |
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Even has the Kilmacolm branch.... thought that line was removed in the beeching cull
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james73
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No - the Kilmacolm and Paisley Canal services were stopped in 1983, though they
had both earned reprieves already, even though they were part of the traffic
out of St Enoch station. Although a connecting chord at Shields Junction allowed
them to terminate at Central instead, they didn't quite manage to avoid the chop
and the SPTE wasn't able to save them from Thatchers bullet...
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Charlie Endell
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I was curious about the location of Houston station and was having a bit of trouble finding it. Unsuprising as it turns out calling it Houston was perhaps a bit misleading. If I've got it correct the station was halfway up the stretch of Barochan Rd. between Bridge of Weir Rd. and where Barochan Rd. meets Dalruith Rd. If so, it seems a bizarre location as it seems to be in the middle of nowhere and, if anything, Brookfield would have been a more accurate name. I was really surprised that the Kilmacolm line survived until the early 1980s; a shame because with the new housing developments in the area (particularly at Houston) it could perhaps be viable now.
Edited to add: I visited the site today and it was where I thought it was located - couldn't imagine it was a very busy station - basically located on a country road (and it would have been more isolated 25 years ago). |
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| Charlie Endell wrote: | I was curious about the location of Houston station and was having a bit of trouble finding it. Unsuprising as it turns out calling it Houston was perhaps a bit misleading. If I've got it correct the station was halfway up the stretch of Barochan Rd. between Bridge of Weir Rd. and where Barochan Rd. meets Dalruith Rd. If so, it seems a bizarre location as it seems to be in the middle of nowhere and, if anything, Brookfield would have been a more accurate name. I was really surprised that the Kilmacolm line survived until the early 1980s; a shame because with the new housing developments in the area (particularly at Houston) it could perhaps be viable now.
Edited to add: I visited the site today and it was where I thought it was located - couldn't imagine it was a very busy station - basically located on a country road (and it would have been more isolated 25 years ago). |
You probably noticed the line is now a cycle path, and a very pleasant one it is
too. The station was at one time called Houston & Crosslea though, as you say,
it really is in the middle of nowhere.
There has been talk of reopening the line but one problem is capacity between
Glasgow and Paisley Gilmour Street. The Kilmacolm line services originally ran
via Paisley Canal but the section between Paisley Canal and Elderslie junction
had house built on it practically the minute the line was ripped up. 
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