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| Locale | Scotland |
| Dates of operation | 21 April 1864–1 August 1865[1] |
| Successor | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
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| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
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The Bridge of Weir Railway was an independent railway company that built a line from Johnstone to Bridge of Weir. It was taken over by the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) in 1865 and formed the base of a line that extended to Greenock, giving the G&SWR access to the harbour facilities there, competing with the rival Caledonian Railway.
The Greenock branch, as it had become, was given a direct access from Elderslie (about midway between Paisley and Johnstone), and fast passenger trains ran between Glasgow and Greenock.
In the second half of the twentieth century usage of the line declined substantially, and the line closed in January 1983.
- ^ Awdry (1990), page 63