Timeline 1910-1935
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The grouping and early withdrawls 1910-1935

A number of lines did not attract the traffic expected and should probably not have been built. This coupled to the requirement of the war effort during the First World War, and competition from trams in the cities led to the withdrawl of passenger services on some lines and complete closure of others. Following the war the civilian population championed the use of buses, cars and trucks which saw their first serious use during the war. Roads were improved to take this new traffic. In 1923 the Government's decision to "group" Britain's railway companies together was enacted. This strategy was to help halt the decline of railway companies by ensuring a more stable financial footing. The new companies experimented with the use of Steam Railcars to reduce costs, but most of these were withdrawn after re-liability problems

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1910 Union Canal Union Canal falls into dis-use and dis-repair
1911, 13 June Dingwall and Skye Railway Highland Hotel at Strathpeffer opens
1913 Bankfoot Light Railway 
Caledonian Railway		 Bankfoot Light Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway
1914 Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway 
North British Railway		 Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway absorbed by North British Railway
1914, 1 July Dingwall and Skye Railway Luib crossing opens 
1914, 3 August Start of First World War Britain declares war
1914, 1 October East Kilbride Line (Caledonian Railway) East Kilbride to Hamilton (Hunthill Jn) closed 
1916 Easter Rising in Dublin
1916 Ford Model T Ambulance introduced
1917 Dingwall and Skye Railway American Mine base opens at Kyle of Lochalsh
1917, 1 January Cathcart District Railway Pollockshields East and Crosshill stations closed for wartime economies
1918 Dingwall and Skye Railway American Mine base closes
1918, 16 July Tsar Nicholas II and family are executed by the Bolsheviks
1918, 11 November End of First World War Armistice Day
1919, 16 January Dingwall and Skye Railway Loan crossing and sidings opens for Admiralty (Alternative date : 1 February 1918)
1919, 1 March Cathcart District Railway Pollockshields East re-opened
1919, 1 June Cathcart District Railway Crosshill re-opened
1920 Dingwall and Skye Railway Highland Railway purchases Loan sidings from Admiralty 
1920 Dingwall and Skye Railway Loan crossing and sidings closed
1920, 20 July Panama Canal Opened
1921 Dingwall and Skye Railway Loan crossing and sidings lifted
1922 Irish Free State established
1923ish Dingwall and Skye Railway Raven's Rock Quarry siding opens
1923, 1 January Dundee and Newtyle Railway 
Arbroath and Forfar Railway 
Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway 
Caledonian Railway 
Glasgow and South Western Railway 
Callander and Oban Railway 
Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway 
Highland Railway 
Cathcart District Railway 
Killin Railway 
Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway 
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Committee 
Brechin and Edzell District Railway 
Dornoch Light Railway 
Wick and Lybster Light Railway 		 Grouped into London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1923, 1 January North British Railway 
Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway 
Great North of Scotland Railway 
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway 
Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway 
Gifford and Garvald Railway 
Newburgh and North Fife Railway 
Lauder Light Railway		 Grouped into London and North Eastern Railway
1923, 1 January Dundee and Arbroath Railway 
Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Line		 Jointly owned by the  London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway
1923, 1 October Action East Kilbride to Hamilton (Hunthill Junction) re-opened
1924 First Labour Government
1924, 8 June Mallory and Irvine go missing on Mount Everest
1924, 14 July Action East Kilbride to Hamilton (Hunthill Junction) closed to passengers (Occasional special workings until World War II) 
1925, 1 July  Macmerry Branch (North British Railway) Macmerry to Ormiston closed to passengers
1925, 2 November Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Granton to Powderhall (Bonnington South Junction) closed to passengers
1926 The General Strike
1926  Birth of Elizabeth II
1926, 19 July Renfrew Porterfield-Cardonald Jn closed to passengers
1926, 1 November Charlestown-Dunfermline (Elbowbend Jn) closed to passengers
1928, 8 October Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway King's Park station opened
1929, 14 January South Queensferry-Dalmeny closed to passengers
1929, February Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Barrmill Junction and Giffen Junction signal boxes closed
1929, 9 July Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Williamwood station opened
1929, 2 December Carmyllie-Elliot Jn closed to passengers
1930 Newmains-Cleland Jn closed to freight
1930 Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Track between Barrmill Junction and Giffen Junction lifted
1930, 1 May Blackston Jn-Bathgate Upper closed to passengers
1930, 1 May Morningside-Bathgate(Polkemmet Jn) closed to passengers
1930, 1 May Manuel Low Level-Coatbridge (Greenside Jn) closed to passengers
1930, 7 July Kincardine Line (North British Railway) Alloa (Kincardine Junction) to Culross to Dunfermline closed to passengers
1930, 28 July Bonnybridge-Greenhill closed to passengers
1930, 28 July Denny-Larbert(Bonnywater Jn) closed to passengers
1930, 28 July Irvine Bank Street-Kilwinning closed to passengers
1930, 22 September Ratho (Low level)-Kirkliston-Dalmeny Jn closed to passengers 
1930, 1 December Kilbirnie South - Giffen closed to passengers
1930, 1 December Glengarnock High-Giffen closed to freight
1930, 1 December Morningside-Holytown(Cleland Jn) closed to passengers
1930, 1 December Newhouse-Airdrie closed to passengers
1930, 1 December Turnberry-Ayr(Alloway Jn) Closed to passengers
1931, 1 January Campbeltown-Machrihanish closed to all traffic
1931, 1 April Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Croftfoot station opened
1931, 27 April Edzell-Brechin closed to passengers
1931, 13 April Bankfoot-Strathord closed to passengers
1931, 27 April Annan Shawhill - Kirtlebridge closed to freight
1931, 14 September Fochabers Town-Orbliston Junction closed to passengers
1931, 14 September Hopeman-Alves closed to passengers
1931, 2 November Old Meldrum-Inverurie closed to passengers
1932, 4 January Leslie-Markinch closed to passengers
1932, 4 July Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Ardrossan North to Uplawmoor closed to passengers  
(except boat trains)
1932, 12 September Gullane-Longniddry(Aberlady Jn) closed to passengers
1932, 12 September Lauder-Fountainhall Jn closed to passengers
1932, 31 October Boddam-Ellon closed to passengers
1933 Campbeltown & Machrihanish Railway closed
1933, 1 April Leadburn-Dolphinton closed to all traffic
1933, 3 April Gifford-Edinburgh(Monktonhall Jn) closed to passengers
1933, 1 May Glencorse-Millerhill closed to passengers
1933, 1 May Manuel Low Level-Bo'ness Low Jn closed to passengers
1933, 1 December Fort Augustus-Spean Bridge closed to passengers
1934, 1 October Balloch (Forth & Clyde Jn) - Stirling closed to passengers
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Page editor : Ewan Crawford