The Clydeside Tramway ran both at street level and along a reserved track. It served the many shipyards and other works in Clydebank along Castlebank Street and South Street. It was connected to the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway at Partick Central and Scotstoun West.
/ /1914 | Clydeside Tramway Sidings promoted by Glasgow Corporation to Merklands Wharf. (Later withdrawn.) |
/04/1968 | Clydeside Tramway Closed |
This line is divided into a number of portions.
This was an island platform station. The station was just to the north of Yarrow's Shipbuilding, Engineering and Boilermaking Works partly on a bridge. The station was just west of Scotstoun West Junction. The station building was typical of the line.
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This large shipyard is on the north bank of the River Clyde in Scotstoun. It is a naval yard, owned by BAE Systems. It is no longer rail served.
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This shipyard was on the north bank of the River Clyde. Scotstoun Iron Works was to the west and North British Engine Works to the east. It was the yard of Charles Connell and Company.
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This was the engine works for Barclay Curle^s Clydeholm Shipbuilding Yard.
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This was Barclay Curle^s Clydeholm Shipyard, which also owned the North British Engine Works.
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Merklands Lairage was built in 1907 to replace the older smaller lairage at Yorkhill Quay allowing it to be redeveloped along with Yorkhill Basin. The lairage was west of Meadowside Quay and east of the Clydeholm Shipbuilding Yard. It received foreign animals.
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This junction was to the immediate east of Partick West station, that station being built on the lines approaching the junction. This was the east junction of a triangular junction, the northern apex being Partick North Junction and western Partick West Junction.
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