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Greenock and Ayrshire Railway information


Greenock and Ayrshire Railway
Overview
LocaleScotland
Dates of operation1 September 1869–1 August 1872[1]
SuccessorGlasgow and South Western Railway
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Greenock and Ayrshire Railway
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Glasgow, Paisley and
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and Greenock Railway

The Greenock and Ayrshire Railway ran from Greenock, Scotland to Bridge of Weir, connecting there to the Glasgow and South Western Railway and making a through connection between Glasgow and Greenock. It closed progressively between 1959 and 1983.

  1. ^ Awdry 1990, p. 78.

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