Quadruple Tracks
In the 1890s, or later, the original double track line between Bridge Street station and Paisley Gilmour Street station was increased to quadruple tracks.
They were reduced to double tracks between Shields Junction and Arkleston Junction during the mid 1960s railway electrification of what is now known as the Inverclyde Line services between Glasgow Central and Gourock and Wemyss Bay, and the slow lines were removed between Arkleston Junction and Wallneuk Junction during the 1980s electrification of the Ayrshire Coast Line.
As part of the now abandoned Glasgow Airport Rail Link, work started in Autumn 2007 to reinstate a third track between Shields Junction and Arkleston Junction and four passenger lines between Arkleston Junction and Wallneuk Junction. These new tracks were opened to traffic in early 2012.
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