Yoker () is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, located on the northern bank of the Clyde east of

Clydebank Clydebank () is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Bowling and Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Milton beyond) to the w ...

, west of the city centre. The name is an

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of the

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''Eochair'' meaning a river bank. From the fourteenth century, the Renfrew Ferry has linked Yoker with

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on the south bank of the river. The shipbuilding industry drove the growth of the district in the 19th century; this has since declined, although the nearby Yarrows shipyard, now owned by

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, is still in operation. Motor vehicles and tramcars were also manufactured in Yoker, which is now an operations centre for the North Clyde Line, part of Glasgow's suburban rail network. Yoker railway station has services on the North Clyde and Argyle Lines. Several buses travel along Dumbarton Road, the main thoroughfare between Glasgow and Clydebank which runs parallel to the river. A road bridge at the ferry crossing point was constructed in 2024,Final section of Renfrew Bridge floated up the Clyde
BBC News, 17 May 2024 providing easier access to the retail and leisure facilities at Braehead. The comedy series '' Limmy's Show!'' featured a sketch in which perpetually stoned Dee Dee Durie travelled to Yoker on a whim, finding the experience an exciting and terrifying adventure rather than a mundane bus journey. A local

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has taken the name "Dee Dee's" as a reference to the sketch.

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The Renfrew to Yoker Ferry'From Heaven to Hell'
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