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nodrog wrote:With the exception of needing to build one bridge over the Johnstone bypass, i do know the railway line out to Bridge of Weir & Kilmacolm is still entirely passable (currently cycle track).
This used to connect to the Paisley Canal line and be its extension I believe - which wouldnt now be possible but it could certainly be joined onto the main Johnstone main line easily enough.
Its not passable in the other direction beyond Kilmacolm (used to continue & rejoin the Port Glasgow line further down) because of house building. An application to build lots of houses along the line in the BoW area was recently defeated.
crusty_bint wrote:The Paisley Canal Line is in operation, my mate lives in the the converted station house at Crookston.
ianmcmillan wrote:Indeed, but it was closed for 7 years or so, where the track was lifted between Paisley Canal and Elderslie, killing off what would be a most useful diversionary route towards Kilwinning. The trackbed has now been built on, the chances of this line re-opening as it was are nil.
ianmcmillan wrote:Either way, it is bizarre that the SPTE allowed this at the time, when they are now so pro-rail.
ianmcmillan wrote:Its just as well some other mid-80s proposals didn't happen:
1. Closure of the Neilston line south of Williamwood (?) to allow the electrified services to be diverted to East Kilbride, with the closure of Thornliebank and Giffnock too.
2. Electrification to Cumbernauld, services running from Queen Street low level - Coatbridge (reverse) - Cumbernauld, which would have killed off the Bellgrove - Springburn electric services.
scotia47 wrote:Other examples I can think of are Kirklee, Paisley Canal and the Clydeside Expressway. I'm sure someone else (james73) can give a better estimate of the number of areas of former railway lines which have been developed on, and how easy/hard/impossible it would be to deal with them in case of any transport restoration.
james73 wrote:ianmcmillan wrote:Indeed, but it was closed for 7 years or so, where the track was lifted between Paisley Canal and Elderslie, killing off what would be a most useful diversionary route towards Kilwinning. The trackbed has now been built on, the chances of this line re-opening as it was are nil.
Well, there's always compulsory purchase orders...
Actually, it could even be possible to squeeze a single line past the houses
at the west side of the old Paisley Canal station. After that, there's no real
signifcant blockages towards Elderslie.
james73 wrote:Yep, that's a good point. It was (thankfully) probably the last major
rail closures in the Glasgow area.
See they're serious about the Gargad Chord though.
That's a LOT of earth moving, folks...
........Garngad station's an old one too -
it was on the Royston Road bridge next to the car showroom.
James H
james73 wrote:This 'un?
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