 A shorter route between Motherwell and Glasgow had been promoted earlier; it obtained Parliamentary authority on 31 July 1845, and was called the Clydesdale Junction Railway.The CR made provisional arrangements to lease the Polloc and Govan line on 29 January 1845, and soon afterwards to lease the Clydesdale Junction line itself.The CR purchased the Polloc and Govan Railway on 18 August 1846, and William Dixon received 2,400 CR shares in payment.