Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway

Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway
Overview
LocaleScotland
Dates of operationSeptember 1840–31 December 1922
SuccessorLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway
Glasgow Central
parts of former station
reused as carriage sidings
Glasgow Bridge Street
Eglinton Street Goods Station
Cook Street Mineral Station (G&SWR)
West Street
(Cook Street)
Shields Road
enlarge… Shields Junction (simplified)
Ibrox
Ibrox East and West Junctions
Govan
Cardonald
Cardonald Junction
Arkleston Junction
Paisley Greenlaw Goods
Wallneuk Junction
Paisley Gilmour Street

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. It was constructed and operated jointly by two competing railway companies as the stem of their lines to Greenock and Ayr respectively, and it opened in 1840. The Joint Committee, which controlled the line, built a branch to Govan and later to Cessnock Dock, and then Prince's Dock.

With the passing of the Railways Act 1921 (Grouping Act) the line, together with the Caledonian Railway and the Glasgow and South Western Railway, became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS).

The line is still in heavy use today as the eastern end of the Inverclyde Line and the Ayrshire Coast Line.