Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway

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railway company railway line

The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway was a 19th-century Scottish railway company that operated a key route linking Glasgow with the port town of Greenock before being absorbed into larger railway groupings.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway company → railway line →
absorbedInto	Caledonian Railway →
category	Scottish pre-grouping railway company → railway line opened in the 19th century →
connectedWith	Clyde steamer services →
connects	Glasgow NERFINISHED → Greenock NERFINISHED → Paisley NERFINISHED →
country	Scotland →
endPoint	Greenock NERFINISHED →
era	19th century →
gauge	standard gauge →
hasLocale	River Clyde corridor →
historicalPeriod	Victorian era →
historicalSignificance	key early rail route between Glasgow and the lower Clyde →
languageOfName	English →
laterIntegratedInto	British railway network →
laterPartOf	London, Midland and Scottish Railway NERFINISHED →
locatedIn	Glasgow → Greenock NERFINISHED → Paisley NERFINISHED → Scotland →
namedAfter	Glasgow NERFINISHED → Greenock NERFINISHED → Paisley NERFINISHED →
networkRole	trunk route to Greenock →
notableFeature	provided rail access to Clyde steamers at Greenock →
openedForTraffic	19th century →
primaryPurpose	freight transport → passenger transport →
railwayType	heavy rail →
regionServed	West Central Scotland NERFINISHED →
servedCity	Glasgow NERFINISHED →
servedIndustry	shipbuilding → shipping → textiles in Paisley →
servedPort	Greenock NERFINISHED →
servedRegion	Clyde coast →
servedTown	Paisley NERFINISHED →
startPoint	Glasgow NERFINISHED →
status	defunct →
successor	Caledonian Railway →
terminus	Glasgow → Greenock NERFINISHED →
transportMode	rail →
usedFor	commuter traffic between Greenock and Glasgow → transport of goods to Greenock docks →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
London, Midland and Scottish Railway →	formedByMergerOf