Dennistoun Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Dennistoun Signal Box (-1935)Opened on the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway.
Description
This intermediary box was between Kilmacolm and Bridge of Weir [2nd]. The box was on the south side of the lne just to the east of the occupational bridge at Scart Farm. The box was located at the top of the cutting to gain a clear view.
It closed in 1935. The line was singled in 1966, the westbound line being lifted. The railway closed in 1983.
The trackbed is now a footpath.
Tags
Signal box footpath| Nearby stations Bridge of Weir [1st] Bridge of Weir [2nd] Kilmacolm Tweenie Hills Kilbarchan Houston Northbrae Rockbank Duchal Moor Johnstone North [1st] South Crook Johnstone North [2nd] Milliken Park Milliken Park [1st] Langbank | Gryfe Viaduct Locher Viaduct Barbush No 5 Pit Barr Hill Quarry Darluth Coal and Iron Works Fulton Pit (Ironstone) St Brydes Fulton Pit (Ironstone) Johnstone North Signal Box Clippens Junction Clippens Pit Barbush Pit No 4 Tourist/other Weaver^s Cottage Craigends House Gleddoch House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Legends of the Glasgow and South Western Railway in the L.M.S.Days |  Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong |  The Glasgow & South Western Railway a History |
