Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway

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West Highland Railway Helensburgh Upper (WHR) Helensburgh Central Craigendoran Craigendoran Junction Cardross Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway Dalreoch (C&DJR) Dumbarton Central (C&DJR) Dumbarton Joint Line Junction Dumbarton East (L&DR) connecting line opened in 1960 Bowling (L&DR) Bowling (GD&HR/C&DJR Joint) Lanarkshire & Dunbartonshire Rly Kilpatrick Dalmuir Park Junction Dalmuir Glasgow, Yoker & Clydebank Rly Singer Works Singer Drumchapel Glasgow & Milngavie Junction Rly Milngavie Junction Westerton Knightswood North Junction Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow City and District Railway Stobcross Railway Maryhill Park Junction Maryhill Kelvin Valley Junction Kelvin Valley Railway Lochburn Lanarkshire & Dunbartonshire Rly Possilpark Hamiltonhill Goods Depot Hamiltonhill Branch (east) Cowlairs Junctions Edinburgh & Glasgow Rly (east) Edinburgh & Glasgow Rly (south)

The Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway was independently sponsored to build along the north of the River Clyde. It opened in 1858, joining with an earlier local line serving Balloch. Both were taken over by the powerful North British Railway in 1865, and for some time the line was the main route in the area. As industry developed other lines were opened to serve it, and the line formed the core of a network in the area.

The line was electrified as part of a modernisation scheme in 1960, and it continues today as the trunk of the North Clyde network west of Glasgow.