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The Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway opened its branch line on 13 May 1865 with its trains being operated by the Caledonian Railway, but its steamer operations were slow to live up to their promise and when in 1869 the Glasgow and South Western Railway opened its station at Princes Pier, Greenock, the Cathcart Street station was effectively ...
The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway (GP&GR) was an early Scottish railway, opened in 1841, providing train services between Greenock and Glasgow.At the time the River Clyde was not accessible to sea-going ships, and the intention was to compete with river boats that brought goods to and from the city.
McGill's Bus Services is a bus operator based in Greenock, Scotland.The company has grown to operate a network of routes covering much of the council areas of Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire, North Lanarkshire, Glasgow City, North Ayrshire, West Lothian, Falkirk and Dundee City.
Starting with PS Comet in 1812, Glasgow soon had Clyde steamer services on the River and Firth of Clyde.From 1841 the Caledonian Railway's Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock line offered quicker travel to its Greenock Cathcart Street terminus, about 5 minutes walk from Steamboat Quay (Custom House Quay) by a narrow squalid lane.
The Caledonian Railway found that its service to Greenock Central station, which was an inconvenient walk away from the quay, was losing Clyde steamer trade to the new Glasgow and South Western Railway terminal at Greenock Princes Pier railway station. So the Caledonian extended its line through a new tunnel to the coastal resort town of Gourock.
Cartsdyke railway station serves part of the town of Greenock, Scotland.The station is on the Inverclyde Line, 22 miles (35 km) west of Glasgow Central.. The station is situated between Bawhirley Road and McDougall Street and it serves passengers going to and from Gourock and Glasgow.
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