Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit
This line provided a service from Carlisle to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Greenhill (near Falkirk). The company acquired other lines and later the services encompassed Aberdeen, Dundee, Forfar, Perth, Stirling, Oban, Ardrossan, Peebles and a large number of other locations.
The line given here was the original route of the Caledonian Railway before it purchased and built many more lines. Today there are plans to re-open the closed station at Beattock.
The company is studied and history preserved by the Caledonian Railway Association .
/ / | Coatbridge Tinplate Works Later makes Malleable Iron, served by [Caledonian Railway]. |
/ /1813 | Benjamin Conner Born, worked with Robert Napier and the [Caledonian Railway] as the locomotive superintendent |
/03/1842 | Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Line extended to Coatbridge station. This line later extended through to Whifflet and was used by the Wishaw and Coltness Railway and the Caledonian Railway to avoid the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway route through Coatbridge. |
31/07/1845 | [Caledonian Railway] Act receives Royal assent. |
/ /1846 | [Polloc and Govan Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Polloc and Govan Railway merged with Caledonian Railway |
/ /1846 | [Clydesdale Junction Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Clydesdale Junction Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway |
/ /1846 | [Caledonian Railway] Act for branch from Slateford to Granton rejected by Government |
/ /1846 | [Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Act for Caledonian Railway branch from Slateford to Granton rejected by Government. |
01/01/1846 | [Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway merged with the Caledonian Railway |
16/07/1846 | [Glasgow Dumfries and Carlisle Railway] Act receives Royal assent. It was originally stipulated that the line was not allowed to compete with the Caledonian Railway for Glasgow to Carlisle traffic. |
/ /1847 | [Glasgow Paisley and Greenock Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway. Alternative date; 1851. |
/ /1847 | [Edinburgh Station and Branches] ([Caledonian Railway]) Slateford to Haymarket ([Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]) Act passed |
/ /1847 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Act passed for a line from Motherwell to Bankhead (beyond Coalburn). The Caledonian fail to build the line. |
10/09/1847 | [Caledonian Railway] Carlisle to Beattock opened. |
15/02/1848 | Caledonian Railway Beattock to Glasgow (Buchanan Street) and Edinburgh (Lothian Road) opened. The stations at Abington and Elvanfoot on its main line are used by the lead mines and villages at Leadhills and Wanlockhead. |
07/08/1848 | [Caledonian Railway] Castlecary Branch opened from Gartsherrie North Junction to Greenhill Lower Junction to meet the [Scottish Central Railway]. |
/ /1849 | [Wishaw and Coltness Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Wishaw and Coltness Railway merged with Caledonian Railway. |
01/06/1849 | [Clydesdale Junction Railway] Line opened between Motherwell and Rutherglen. The [Caledonian Railway] begins running trains to South Side station, Glasgow. |
17/09/1849 | [Hamilton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Newton to Hamilton opened. |
/ /1851 | [Glasgow Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway |
24/07/1851 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Line re-authorised (this time independently but backed by the Caledonian Railway); route Motherwell to Ferniegair to Coalburn to Bankend, branch to Northfield. |
/ /1853 | [Edinburgh Station and Branches] ([Caledonian Railway]) Slateford to a bay platform by the [Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]s Haymarket station opened. Trains could run from the bay to Carstairs or Falkirk. |
/ /1854 | Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway The [Caledonian Railway] opens the St Rollox Works between the original lines alignment and the new extension to Buchanan Street. The works built and maintained locomotives and rolling stock. |
05/01/1855 | [Lanark Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Opened to goods. |
/08/1855 | [Blairgowrie Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Wooden shed at Blairgowrie opened. |
01/12/1856 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Motherwell to Coalburn opened to minerals. |
/ /1857 | [Granton Branch] (Duke of Buccleuch and [Caledonian Railway]) Line authorised. |
08/10/1857 | [Motherwell Deviation Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Line opened from Jerviston Junction ([Wishaw and Coltness Railway]) to Lesmahagow Junction ([Clydesdale Junction Railway]). The line allowed Motherwell station to be moved further west from Flemington to Lesmahagow Junction. Motherwell (Old) became Flemington and Motherwell (New) was opened in the V of the junction at Lesmahagow Junction. A large viaduct was required by Braidhurst. |
/ /1858 | [Granton Branch] (Duke of Buccleuch and [Caledonian Railway]) Construction begins. |
17/11/1858 | [Wishaw and Coltness Railway] The [Caledonian Railway] buys land for a new shed to augment its locomotive sheds at South Side and Gartsherrie which were suffering from high light engine mileages. The Parkneuk Iron Works and Motherwell Iron and Steel Works were by the shed. |
21/07/1859 | [Wilsontown Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Act receives Royal assent |
/ /1860 | [Blairgowrie Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) New two road Blairgowrie shed built in stone. |
/ /1860 | Dunblane Doune and Callander Railway The Caledonian Railway installs a 50ft turntable on the entry sidings to Callander Shed. |
/ /1860 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Northfield branch opened. |
/ /1861 | Symington, Biggar and Broughton RailwayCaledonian Railway Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway. |
/ /1861 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Nethan viaduct showing severe wear and tear, later Ferniegair bridge also shows wear both replaced, Ferniegair bridge still in use as part of the Hamilton Circle line. |
24/06/1861 | [Switchback] ([Caledonian Railway]) Rutherglen to Dalmarnock goods opened along with a bridge over the River Clyde. |
30/07/1861 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Branch line authorised from Larkhall to Cots Castle (Stonehouse). |
28/08/1861 | [Granton Branch] (Duke of Buccleuch and [Caledonian Railway]) Line opened to freight. |
07/08/1862 | [Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Crew Junction ([Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) to Leith Western Docks authorised. |
01/09/1862 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Opened from Larkhall to Canderside to goods. |
01/11/1862 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) North Southfield to Southfield opened to minerals. |
/ /1863 | [Granton Branch] (Duke of Buccleuch and [Caledonian Railway]) The [Caledonian Railway] buys the Duke of Buccleuchs share in the line. |
/ /1863 | Portpatrick Railway The Caledonian Railway's Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway is opened giving the company access to Dumfries. In response the Portpatrick Railway applies for running powers over the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway to Dumfries and the Caledonian Railway negotiates running the Portpatrick Railway, a blow to the Glasgow and South Western Railway which had considered the Portpatrick line to be within its territory. |
11/05/1863 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Caledonian Railway authorised to double Motherwell to Southfield and to run passengers trains to Brocketsbrae, the Stonehouse branch and the Blackwood branch. The Caledonian Railway owns the Lesmahagow lines by this time. |
/ /1864 | [Hamilton and Strathaven Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Hamilton and Strathaven Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway |
17/02/1864 | [Portpatrick Railway] [Caledonian Railway] takes over running of the [Portpatrick Railway]. The smaller company had eight engines and the larger company added some of its own engines. |
01/04/1864 | [Lanark Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Line doubled on opening of [Douglas Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]). |
01/09/1864 | [Dalry Road Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Dalry Junction to Coltbridge Junction ([Granton Branch] (Duke of Buccleuch and [Caledonian Railway])) opened. |
01/09/1864 | [Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leith line opened. |
01/09/1864 | [Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Pilton Junction West to Pilton Junction East opened. |
01/09/1864 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Canderside to Cots Castle opened to minerals. This leads to the singling of [Hamilton and Strathaven Railway] south of quarter. |
01/11/1864 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Motherwell to Southfield junction line doubling complete. |
/ /1865 | [Scottish Central Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Scottish Central Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway |
/ /1865 | [General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway] [Caledonian Railway] General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway |
/ /1865 | [Dumfries Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway |
/ /1865 | [Portpatrick Railway] [Caledonian Railway] experiments with a Stranraer to Belfast service. |
01/09/1865 | Kirkcudbright Railway Tarff for Gatehouse re-named Gatehouse [Tarff]. Presumably the Glasgow and South Western Railway (who now owned the Kirkcudbright Railway) was competing with the Caledonian Railway operated Portpatrick Railway for Gatehouse of Fleet traffic - for which neither of the two stations were convenient. |
20/09/1865 | [Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway] ([Caledonian Railway]) Rutherglen to Coatbridge opened to goods |
/ /1866 | [Scottish North Eastern Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Scottish North Eastern Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway. |
/ /1866 | [Carmyllie Railway] Bought by [Caledonian Railway] |
01/08/1866 | [Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway] ([Caledonian Railway]) Rutherglen to Coatbridge opened to passengers |
01/12/1866 | Coalburn Branch (Caledonian Railway) Passenger services start; bus runs between Hamilton and Ferniegair [1st] for route to Glasgow's South Side; the main route through to Buchanan Street. Blackwood carriage dropped at Southfield Junction and taken on separately. |
01/12/1866 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Ferniegair to Brocketsbrae, Stonehouse Branch, Blackwood Branch opened to passengers. |
/ /1867 | Forth and Clyde Canal [Caledonian Railway] Forth and Clyde Canal (and various assets such as the [Grangemouth Railway]) bought by Caledonian Railway to compete with the [North British Railway] in the Forth Clyde Valley. |
01/03/1867 | Dolphinton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Carstairs to Dolphinton [CR] opened. |
01/04/1868 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Ferniegair to Motherwell, Lesmahagow junction opened to passengers. |
01/09/1868 | [East Kilbride Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Opened. |
10/11/1868 | Scottish Central Railway Decision taken to move the locomotive shed at Dunblane Shed to Dolphinton [CR] on the Dolphinton Branch (Caledonian Railway). The Kinbuck banking engine operated from Stirling after 1865. |
/ /1869 | Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint RailwayGlasgow and South Western RailwayCaledonian Railway Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway authorised (Glasgow and South Western Railway and Caledonian Railway). |
/ /1869 | Crieff and Methven Junction Railway Caledonian Railway Crieff and Methven Junction Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway. |
09/07/1869 | [Cleland and Midcalder Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Line opened |
/ /1870 | [Caledonian Railway] Opens Kingmoor Locomotive depot. |
18/07/1872 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Hamilton West to Ross Junction (Ferniegair) authorised. |
18/07/1872 | [Hamilton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Hamilton West to Ross Junction (Ferniegair) authorised. |
10/10/1872 | [Caledonian Railway] Strawfrank curve opened |
/ /1873 | Muirkirk Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Caledonian Railway line via Douglas reaches Muirkirk, anew Muirkirk [2nd] station was opened further east, on other side of road bridge from original. Caledonian Railway use the Glasgow and South Western Railway Muirkirk Shed. (Later a second Caledonian Railway line was built from Coalburn to Muirkirk [2nd] but was not used as the Glasgow and South Western Railway threatened to apply for running powers through to Lanark. |
/ /1874 | [Alyth Railway] Alyth Railway absorbed by [Caledonian Railway]. |
/ /1874 | [Balerno Loop] ([Caledonian Railway]) Opened |
30/06/1874 | [Dalry Road Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Dalry Middle Junction to Haymarket West Junction ([Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]) authorised |
20/10/1874 | Stobcross Railway Line opened by the North British Railway. The Caledonian Railway obtained permission for running powers to Stobcross and for goods yards at Partickhill and Stobcross. The Caledonian managed to gain join ownership of the Stobcross high level to Stobcross low level connecting line. |
/ /1876 | [Wilsontown Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Opened with a triangular junction on the Edinburgh branch of the [Caledonian Railway]. A passenger service ran from Auchengray (where there was a bay platform) to Wilsontown. |
29/05/1876 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Hamilton West to Ross Junction opened to freight. |
29/05/1876 | [Hamilton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Hamilton West to Ferniegair opened to freight. |
03/07/1876 | [Dalry Road Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Dalry Middle Junction to Haymarket West Junction ([Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]) opened. The [Caledonian Railway] had running powers to Larbert from here. |
18/09/1876 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Hamilton West to Ross Junction opened to minerals. |
18/09/1876 | [Hamilton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Hamilton West to Ferniegair opened to minerals. |
02/10/1876 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Hamilton West to Ross Junction opened to passengers. |
02/10/1876 | [Hamilton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Hamilton West to Ferniegair opened to passengers. |
/ /1877 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Brocketsbrae shed opened to the east of Lesmahagow station. At the time this was the limit of the passenger service. |
/ /1877 | [Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) The Leadhills Silver-lead Mining Company approaches the [Caledonian Railway] to ask them to build a branch to Leadhills. The line is not built. |
12/04/1877 | [Switchback] ([Caledonian Railway]) London Road opened for goods. |
27/11/1877 | [East Kilbride Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Locomotive shed at East Kilbride authorised |
/05/1878 | [East Kilbride Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Locomotive shed opened at East Kilbride. |
01/04/1879 | [Switchback] ([Caledonian Railway]) London Road opened for passengers. Stations at; Rutherglen, Dalmarnock and London Road. |
01/08/1879 | [Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) [Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Passenger service starts. Stations opened at Craigleith, Murrayfield, Granton Road, Newhaven, Leith North. This required the opening of a new line between Newhaven Junction and Leith North for passenger services. |
01/08/1879 | [Glasgow Central Station] ([Caledonian Railway]) Glasgow Central opened |
/ /1880 | Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway [Caledonian Railway] [North British Railway] Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway authorised (Caledonian Railway and North British Railway). |
/ /1880 | [Carmyllie Railway] Becomes joint [Caledonian Railway] and [North British Railway]. |
/ /1880 | [Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway] ([Caledonian Railway]) Lock Street Viaduct built over the Monkland Canal to extend the line from Coatbridge to Airdrie |
01/06/1880 | [Wishaw Deviation Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Law junction to Holytown opened. Stations opened at Wishaw Central and Overtown Waterloo. |
/ /1881 | [Edinburgh Leith and Newhaven Railway] [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) The rail served Edinburgh Dock at Leith opened. |
01/10/1881 | [Wishaw Deviation Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Overtown Waterloo re-named Overtown. |
/ /1882 | [Busby Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Busby Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway |
01/07/1882 | [Cleland and Midcalder Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Addiewell opened |
02/04/1883 | [Muirkirk and Lesmahagow Junction Railway] Poneil Junction ([Muirkirk Branch CR] ([Caledonian Railway])) to Alton Heights Junction ([Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) opened. |
27/04/1883 | [Caledonian Railway][North British Railway][Alloa Railway][South Alloa Branch] North British Railway given running powers over the Alloa Railway and South Alloa Branch from Alloa to Greenhill Junction on payment of £3000 annually to the Caledonian Railway. |
14/07/1884 | [Alloa Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Alloa Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway. |
/ /1885 | Portpatrick Railway The Caledonian Railway'a lease expires - the Portpatrick Railway and Wigtownshire Railway become jointly run as the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway - controlled by the Caledonian Railway, London and North Western Railway, Glasgow and South Western Railway and Midland Railway. The stock was owned by all four companies and operated by the two Scottish companies. The Joint company also owned 4/5 of the Larne and Stranraer Steamship Joint Committee, the remaining 1/5 owned by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway. |
19/04/1886 | [Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway] ([Caledonian Railway]) Airdrie branch (Caledonian Railway) opened for goods |
01/06/1886 | [Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway] ([Caledonian Railway]) Airdrie branch (Caledonian Railway) opened for passengers |
02/08/1886 | [Switchback] ([Caledonian Railway]) Extension from London Road to Blochairn goods opened. |
/ /1887 | [Blairgowrie Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) 42ft turntable installed at Blairgowrie. |
01/09/1887 | [Airdrie and Newhouse Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Cairnhill Junction to Chapehall opened |
/ /1888 | [Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway] Single road timber locomotive shed opened at Bonnybridge, the [Caledonian Railway] operate this as a sub-shed of Denny. |
/ /1888 | [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Involved in the railway races to Edinburgh! |
02/07/1888 | [Airdrie and Newhouse Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Newhouse to Chapelhall opened |
/ /1889 | [Glasgow Central Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Glasgow Central Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway. Alternative date 31/5/1890 |
/ /1889 | Caledonian Steam Packet Company Company formed to run steamers on the Clyde on behalf of the [Caledonian Railway] |
/ /1889 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leith New Lines planned; (Newhaven to Leith passenger terminus by [North British Railway]s Leith station, a triangular junction at Lochend with a line to Princes Street under the city with a branch to Waverley Market by Waverley station) |
01/06/1889 | Gourock Extension (Caledonian Railway) Opened from Greenock Central to Gourock via the Newton Street Tunnel. A new pier was built at Gourock. Stations opened; Gourock, Fort Matilda, Greenock West and Greenock re-built as Greenock Central. |
/10/1889 | Stirling and Dunfermline RailwayAlloa Railway Connection made between the North British Railway's Stirling and Dunfermline Railway and the Caledonian Railway's Alloa Railway. |
/ /1890 | [Balerno Loop] ([Caledonian Railway]) Villa building starts around Colinton |
04/07/1890 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Act received for a line from Newhaven to Seafield (Seafield Junction was for the line to the terminus and the [North British Railway] lines) |
25/07/1890 | [Barnton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Craigleith to Cramond Bridge authorised. |
03/07/1891 | [Edinburgh Leith and Newhaven Railway] The [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) are given an Act which allows a link from the Leith New Lines to Easter Road on the [North British Railway]. This connection was not built. |
/ /1892 | Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Line [Caledonian Railway] [North British Railway] Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Line authorised (Caledonian Railway and North British Railway). |
01/02/1892 | Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway The Caledonian Railway takes over Bridge Street station completely, paying the Glasgow and South Western Railway £129,251 for its share. |
01/08/1893 | [Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway |
/ /1894 | Forfar and Brechin RailwayCaledonian Railway Forfar and Brechin Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway. |
01/03/1894 | [Barnton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Craigleith to Cramond Bridge opened. |
25/05/1894 | Greenock and Ayrshire Railway Greenock Princes Pier station re-built by the Glasgow and South Western Railway on a grander scale to compete with the Caledonian Railway's Gourock station. |
26/11/1894 | Glasgow Central Railway Stobcross to Maryhill Central opened. This gave the Caledonian Railway access to the Queens Dock lines. |
26/11/1894 | Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway Possil Junction (Hamiltonhill Branch (Caledonian Railway)) to Maryhill Central opened. |
26/11/1894 | [Hamiltonhill Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Balornock Junction to Hamiltonhill opened. |
26/11/1894 | [Switchback] ([Caledonian Railway]) Blochairn to Blackhill opened |
/ /1895 | [Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway] Balloch turntable replaced for impending joint ownership of line for larger [Caledonian Railway] locomotives. |
01/04/1895 | [Hamiltonhill Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Branch to the Saracen foundry opened, but has to be closed as it was in breach of a formal agreement with the [North British Railway] which owned the nearby [Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway]. |
01/11/1895 | [Switchback] ([Caledonian Railway]) London Road closed |
/ /1896 | [Solway Junction Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Solway Junction Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway |
/ /1896 | Dolphinton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Turntable provided at Dolphinton [CR] to the west of the station, there may also have been a locomotive shed. |
/ /1896 | [East Kilbride Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) East Kilbride locomotive shed shut before this date. |
/ /1896 | [Mid Lanark Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Construction of line from Stonehouse ([Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) to Blackwood ([Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) begins. |
/ /1896 | [Mid Lanark Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Construction of line from Alton Heights ([Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) to Blackwood ([Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) begins. |
/ /1896 | [Mid Lanark Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Construction of line from Larkhall, Merryton Junction, ([Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) to Stonehouse ([Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) begins. |
/ /1896 | [Mid Lanark Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Construction of line from Cots Castle ([Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) to Strathaven Central ([Hamilton and Strathaven Railway]) begins. |
11/03/1896 | [Switchback] ([Caledonian Railway]) Balornock Junction to Robroyston opened. |
01/10/1896 | [Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway] Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Line The [North British Railway] is forced to put its Dumbarton Central to Balloch Pier line into joint ownership with the [Caledonian Railway] to stop the [Caledonian Railway] from building a second railway (the proposed Dumbarton, Jamestown and Loch Lomond Railway) from Dumbarton to Balloch. |
/ /1897 | [Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Light Railway order for the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway, the route to be by the Elvan Water rather than by up Glen Gonnar. |
/ /1898 | Crieff and Comrie Railway Caledonian Railway Crieff and Comrie Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway. |
/ /1899 | [Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Construction of the line begins. Robert McAlpine employs approximately 100 men to build the line. |
02/07/1900 | [Dalry Road Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Dalry Road station opened. Used by Leith, [Barnton Branch], Stirling and Falkirk bound trains. |
/ /1901 | Glasgow and Renfrew District RailwayCaledonian RailwayGlasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow and Renfrew District Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway and Glasgow and South Western Railway. |
01/10/1901 | [Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Elvanfoot to Leadhills opened. (Alternative date 5/10/1901). |
/ /1902 | [Moffat Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Moffat Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway |
/ /1902 | [Lochearnhead St Fillans and Comrie Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway. |
/ /1902 | [Paisley and Barrhead District Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Paisley and Barrhead District Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway |
/ /1902 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Seafield Engine Shed (a two road shed, with coaling facilities and sidings) opened. |
/ /1902 | [Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Rispin Cleugh viaduct built by Sir Robert McAlpine. |
19/09/1902 | [Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leadhills to Wanlockhead opened to goods. |
12/10/1902 | [Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leadhills to Wanlockhead opened for passengers. |
01/11/1902 | [Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Granton Gasworks station (private) opened on a short branch by Breakwater Junction. |
/ /1903 | [Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway] Wemyss Bay station and pier re-built by the [Caledonian Railway]. |
01/04/1903 | [Barnton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Cramond Brig renamed Barnton. |
01/04/1903 | [Barnton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Barnton Gate renamed Davidsons Mains. |
01/08/1903 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Double track line opened to freight from Newhaven Junction to Seafield Junction and South Leith. (Two-platform passenger stations at Newhaven, Ferry Road and Leith Walk West built but not opened). |
17/08/1903 | Princes Dock Joint Railway Joint line owned by the Caledonian Railway, Glasgow and South Western Railway and North British Railway opened. |
20/09/1903 | Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Lugton East Junction to Lugton Junction opened. This was an interchange spur but also allowed trains to run from Glasgow to Kilmarnock as far as Lugton on an Caledonian Railway only owned route. |
/ /1904 | John G Stein Opens new brickworks at Castlecary to use higher alumina content than Bonnybridge found there. Built by the [Caledonian Railway] and the [Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]. |
/ /1904 | Tarbrax Oil Works Opened. There was a short branch from the [Caledonian Railway]s Edinburgh branch to the works. |
/ /1905 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Lesmahagow renamed Brocketsbrae. |
01/07/1905 | [Mid Lanark Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Larkhall, Merryton Junction, ([Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) to Stonehouse ([Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) opened. |
01/07/1905 | [Mid Lanark Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Stonehouse ([Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) to Blackwood ([Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) opened. |
01/07/1905 | [Mid Lanark Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Alton Heights ([Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) to Blackwood ([Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) opened. |
01/07/1905 | [Mid Lanark Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Cots Castle ([Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) to Strathaven Central ([Hamilton and Strathaven Railway]) opened. |
04/07/1905 | Darvel and Strathaven Railway Darvel to Strathaven Central opened (joint operation of the Glasgow and South Western Railway and Caledonian Railway). |
/ /1906 | Dolphinton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Locomotive shed at Dolphinton [CR]. |
/ /1906 | [Glasgow Central Station] ([Caledonian Railway]) Central station enlarged and a massive new bridge across the River Clyde opened. |
28/12/1906 | [Dundee and Arbroath Railway] A [North British Railway] express which had been traveling from Edinburgh to Aberdeen is blocked by snow at Arbroath and returns south. It strikes a local [Caledonian Railway] Arbroath to Dundee train at Elliot Junction in a blizzard killing 22 passengers. |
25/04/1907 | [Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] [Glasgow Yoker and Clydebank] Railway [Rothesay Dock Branch] opened. The line was joint [North British Railway] and [Caledonian Railway]. |
/ /1908 | [Grangemouth Railway] ([Forth and Clyde Canal] Company) By-pass line from Swing Bridge Junction to Fouldubs Junction opened, the western half was owned by the [North British Railway] (part of the former line to the [Carron Ironworks]) and the eastern by the [Caledonian Railway]. |
/ /1908 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Pilrig Street, a temporary station, opened for a Military review. |
28/02/1909 | [Glasgow Central Station] ([Caledonian Railway]) Enlarged Eglinton Street station opened. |
16/08/1909 | [Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] [Caledonian Railway] [Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] absorbed by Caledonian Railway |
/08/1910 | [Douglas Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Some doubling of the Douglas Branch to Lanark Racecourse took place in preparation for the Lanark Aviation meeting and the huge number of expected visitors. Lanark Race-course station was by the meeting site |
/ /1913 | [Bankfoot Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Bankfoot Light Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway. |
/ /1913 | [Scottish Central Railway] Stirling station re-built by the [Caledonian Railway] |
01/10/1914 | [East Kilbride Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) East Kilbride to Hamilton (Hunthill Junction) closed |
/ /1915 | [Caledonian Railway] By this date lodging dormitories for enginemen existed at Carlisle, Grangemouth and Oban. |
/05/1915 | [Caledonian Railway] Military procession in memory of those killed in the Quintinshill Disaster |
22/05/1915 | [Caledonian Railway] Quintinshill disaster, Britains worst train crash. 227 people killed when a troop train crashes into a local passenger train and an express trains collides with the wreckage. |
31/12/1915 | Dolphinton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Dolphinton [CR] shed closed. |
/ /1917 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Line singled. |
/ /1917 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Seafield Engine shed leased to the [North British Railway]. |
01/01/1917 | [Wishaw Deviation Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Overtown closed. |
01/01/1919 | [Wishaw Deviation Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Overtown re-opened. |
/ /1920 | [Wilsontown Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Line was probably extended about this date 3.5 miles west to Kingshill Colliery No 2. There may already have been a short section open between Wilsontown and to the west of Climpy Road. |
/ /1921 | [Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway] The [Caledonian Railway] cease to operate over the line due to disappointing traffic. |
01/01/1923 | 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. |
01/10/1923 | [East Kilbride Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) East Kilbride to Hamilton (Hunthill Junction) re-opened |
/ /1924 | Gleneagles Hotel Opened, having been built for the [Caledonian Railway] which became part of the [London, Midland and Scottish Railway] in 1923 |
14/07/1924 | [East Kilbride Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) East Kilbride to Hamilton (Hunthill Junction) closed to passengers (Occasional special workings until World War II) |
28/07/1930 | [Bonnybridge Canal Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Bonnybridge to Greenhill Junction closed to passengers |
01/12/1930 | [Airdrie and Newhouse Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Newhouse to Airdrie closed to passengers |
/08/1932 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Brocketsbrae shed, pit and siding removed. Shed closed not long after 1923. |
/05/1933 | Dolphinton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Dolphinton [CR] shed removed. |
01/12/1934 | [Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) East Pilton station opened. |
05/01/1935 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Stonehouse to Dalserf closed to passengers |
23/02/1935 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Stonehouse East Junction to Canderside Sidings closed to freight |
18/11/1935 | [East Kilbride Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Mavor and Coulsons siding, East Kilbride to Hunthill Junction closed to freight |
01/02/1937 | [Barnton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) House O Hill Halt opened. |
/ /1938 | [Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Line closed. |
/ /1939 | [Airdrie and Newhouse Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Chapelhall to Calderbank closed to freight |
02/01/1939 | [Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Wanlockhead to Elvanfoot closed to all traffic. |
11/09/1939 | [Balerno Loop] ([Caledonian Railway]) Balerno - Ravelrig Junction closed to passengers |
11/09/1939 | [Muirkirk and Lesmahagow Junction Railway] [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Douglas West (Poneil Junction) to Brocketsbrae closed to passengers (except a Saturdays only train using Alton Heights to Brocketsbrae until 2nd May 1942). |
31/07/1941 | [Airdrie and Newhouse Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Calderbank to Airdrie closed to freight |
/ /1942 | [Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Granton Gasworks station closed. |
/01/1942 | [Blairgowrie Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Blairgowrie shed closed, but not demolished. A sub-shed of Dundee. |
02/05/1942 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Alton Heights to Brocketsbrae closed to passengers |
05/10/1942 | [Wishaw Deviation Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Overtown closed. |
/ /1943 | [Balerno Loop] ([Caledonian Railway]) Closed to passengers |
03/05/1943 | [Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway] ([Caledonian Railway]) Airdrie (Caledonian) to Whifflet Upper closed to Passengers |
01/11/1943 | [Balerno Loop] ([Caledonian Railway]) Balerno to Edinburgh (Balerno Junction) closed to passengers (official 13 June 1949) |
04/06/1945 | Dolphinton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Dolphinton [CR] to Carstairs (Dolphinton Junction) closed to passengers. |
13/06/1949 | [Balerno Loop] ([Caledonian Railway]) Balerno to Edinburgh (Balerno Junction) officially closed to passengers, although actually suspended in 1943. |
05/06/1950 | [Bothwell Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Bothwell to Fallside (Bothwell Junction) closed to all traffic. |
01/11/1950 | Dolphinton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Dolphinton [CR] to Carstairs (Dolphinton Junction) closed to freight. |
05/02/1951 | [Airdrie and Newhouse Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) [Wishaw and Coltness Railway] Morningside to Newmains closed to freight. |
07/05/1951 | [Barnton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Barnton to Craigleith closed to passengers. |
07/05/1951 | [Barnton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Barnton to Davidsons Mains closed to freight. |
10/09/1951 | [Wilsontown Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Wilsontown to Auchengray (Wilsontown Junction) closed to passengers |
01/10/1951 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Blackwood Junction to Tillietudlem (Southfield Junction) closed to passengers |
01/10/1951 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Brocketsbrae to Hamilton (Ferniegair Junction) closed to passengers |
/04/1952 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) South Leith renamed Leith East Yard. |
04/08/1952 | Kirriemuir Branch (Caledonian Railway) Kirriemuir to Forfar (Kirriemuir Junction) closed to passengers. |
21/09/1953 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Alton Heights (excluded) to Brocketsbrae to Tillietudlem (Southfield Junction) closed to freight |
10/01/1955 | [Blairgowrie Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Blairgowrie to Coupar Angus closed to passengers |
09/09/1958 | [Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Newhaven signalbox re-painted for visit of King Olav of Norway. |
/ /1960 | [Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Closed. |
04/01/1960 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Blackwood Junction to Tillietudlem (Southfield Junction) closed to freight |
04/01/1960 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Southfield Junction to Dalserf Junction closed to freight |
01/06/1960 | [Barnton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Davidsons Mains to Craigleith closed to freight. |
01/06/1960 | [Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Craigleith goods closed. |
/01/1961 | [Glasgow Central Station] ([Caledonian Railway]) Original bridge over the Clyde taken out of use. |
02/01/1961 | [Glasgow Central Station] ([Caledonian Railway]) Approach lines to the station re-signaled to use the new bridge only. The electropneumatic power frame box on the bridge removed. |
/ /1962 | Denburn Valley Line Aberdeen Railway Arbroath and Forfar Railway Scottish Midland Junction Railway Scottish Central Railway Caledonian Railway Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Buchanan Street Extension (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway) A4 Pacifics introduced on the Aberdeen Joint to Glasgow Buchanan Street 3 hour Grampian run. |
30/04/1962 | [Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leith North to Edinburgh Princes St (Dalry Middle Junction) closed to passengers. |
30/04/1962 | [Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) [Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leith North passenger service withdrawn. Craigleith, Murrayfield, Granton Road, Newhaven and Leith North closed. |
23/06/1962 | RCTS Railtour Excursion train hauled by [Caledonian Railway] 123 and [Great North of Scotland Railway] 49 from Ayr to Stranraer. |
/10/1962 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Seafield Engine shed closed. |
11/02/1963 | [Glasgow Bothwell Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway] Allanshaw Foundry to Blantyre Junction (junction with [Hamilton Branch] of the [Caledonian Railway]) closed to freight. |
02/03/1964 | [Dalry Road Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Edinburgh; Haymarket West Junction to Dalry Junction closed to passengers |
04/03/1964 | [Dalry Road Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Stirling and Falkirk trains diverted from Princes Street to Waverley |
09/03/1964 | [Dalry Road Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Edinburgh; Haymarket West Junction to Dalry Junction closed to freight |
09/03/1964 | [Dalry Road Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Coltfield Junction to Dalry Middle Junction to Dalry Junction closed to freight |
09/03/1964 | [Dalry Road Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Dalry Junction to Coltbridge Junction closed |
09/03/1964 | [Dalry Road Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Dalry Middle Junction to Haymarket West Junction closed |
20/04/1964 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Dalserf Junction to Ferniegair Junction closed to freight |
20/04/1964 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Canderside Sidings to Dalserf closed to freight |
04/05/1964 | [Wilsontown Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Wilsontown Junction to Wilsontown closed |
06/07/1964 | [Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway] ([Caledonian Railway]) Airdrie East to Calder (Imperial Tube works) closed to freight |
07/09/1964 | [Edinburgh Station and Branches] ([Caledonian Railway]) Duff street connection opened (Duff Street Junction, at Haymarket on the [Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway] opened). This connection allowed Edinburgh Princes Street to be closed. |
07/09/1964 | [Switchback] ([Caledonian Railway]) Balornock Junction to London Road closed. |
05/10/1964 | [Muirkirk Branch CR] ([Caledonian Railway]) [Douglas Branch (Caledonian Railway)] Muirkirk to Ponfeigh closed to all traffic. |
05/10/1964 | [Muirkirk Branch CR] ([Caledonian Railway]) [Douglas Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Muirkirk to Lanark (Smyllum West Junction) closed to passengers. |
05/10/1964 | [Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway] ([Caledonian Railway]) Whifflet Upper to Langloan West Junction closed to passengers |
07/12/1964 | [Bonnybridge Canal Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Bonnybridge Canal to Greenhill closed to freight |
07/12/1964 | [Mid Lanark Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Strathaven Central to Stonehouse closed to freight. |
14/06/1965 | [Wishaw Deviation Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Wishaw Central re-named Wishaw. |
21/06/1965 | [Kirriemuir Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Kirriemuir to Kirriemuir Junction (excluded) closed to goods. |
21/06/1965 | [Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Murrayfield goods closed. |
02/08/1965 | [Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Crewe Junction to Granton Gasworks closed. |
06/09/1965 | [Caledonian Railway] Edinburgh Princes Street to Slateford Junction closed to passengers |
04/10/1965 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) [Mid Lanark Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Coalburn to Hamilton (Haughead Junction) closed to passengers. |
04/10/1965 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Coalburn to Auchlochan Colliery closed to freight. |
04/10/1965 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) [Mid Lanark Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Strathaven to Stonehouse closed to passengers. |
18/10/1965 | [Douglas Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Lanark Racecourse to Smyllum West Junction closed to freight but is retained for turning engines. |
06/12/1965 | [Blairgowrie Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Blairgowrie to Coupar Angus closed to freight |
07/01/1966 | [Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway] ([Caledonian Railway]) Coatbridge to Rutherglen closed to passengers |
24/01/1966 | [East Kilbride Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Mavor and Coulsons siding to East Kilbride closed to freight |
04/04/1966 | [Airdrie and Newhouse Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Chapelhall to Bellside junction closed |
04/04/1966 | [Airdrie and Newhouse Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Newhouse to Chapelhall closed to freight |
18/04/1966 | [Lanark Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Lanark to Carstairs (Lanark Junction South Curve) closed to passengers. |
04/07/1966 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Newhaven Junction to Leith Walk West (excluded) closed. |
15/08/1966 | [Caledonian Railway] Edinburgh Princes Street-Slateford Junction closed to freight |
03/09/1966 | Denburn Valley Line Aberdeen Railway Arbroath and Forfar Railway Scottish Midland Junction Railway Scottish Central Railway Caledonian Railway Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Buchanan Street Extension (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway) A4 Pacifics from Aberdeen Joint to Glasgow Buchanan Street withdrawn. |
07/11/1966 | [Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway] ([Caledonian Railway]) Coatbridge Central to Rutherglen Junction closed to passengers |
04/09/1967 | [Granton Branch] (Duke of Buccleuch and [Caledonian Railway]) Granton Junction to Leith North (excluded) closed. |
04/09/1967 | [Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) [Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Newhaven Junction to Coltfield Junction closed to freight. |
04/12/1967 | [Balerno Loop] ([Caledonian Railway]) Balerno Goods to Balerno Junction closed to freight |
04/12/1967 | [Balerno Loop] ([Caledonian Railway]) Balerno ground frame to Ravelrig Junction closed to freight |
15/01/1968 | [Douglas Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Ponfeigh to Lanark Racecourse to Smyllum East Junction closed to freight. |
05/02/1968 | [Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Granton High (goods) closed. (Latterly accessed via the [Edinburgh Leith and Newhaven Railway]). |
28/02/1968 | [Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) George Street Depot to Newhaven Junction closed to freight. |
06/05/1968 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leith Walk West to Seafield Junction (excluded) closed. |
05/08/1968 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leith North closed. (Latterly accessed via the dock lines from the [Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway]). |
05/08/1968 | [Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leith North to George Street Depot closed to freight. (Accessed from former North British Railway lines latterly) |
16/09/1968 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) [Mid Lanark Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Auchlochan Colliery to Larkhall Central closed to freight. |
07/10/1968 | [Lanark Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Lanark to Carstairs (Lanark Junction South Curve) closed to freight. (Alternative date 20/10/1968). |
04/11/1968 | [Mid Lanark Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Larkhall Central to Haughhead Junction closed to freight. |
/ /1970 | [Caledonian Railway] [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway] [Lancaster and Preston Railway] [Preston and Wigan Railway] [Wigan Branch Railway] [Warrington and Newton Railway] [Grand Junction Railway] Weaver Junction (south of Warrington) to Glasgow electrification authorised. |
/04/1970 | [Caledonian Railway] [Wishaw and Coltness Railway] [Clydesdale Junction Railway] [Polloc and Govan Railway] [Glasgow Central Station] West Coast Main line electrification authorised. |
03/01/1971 | [Caledonian Railway] Beattock closed |
/ /1972 | Caledonian Railway Dolphinton Junction signalbox closed. |
/ /1972 | [Glasgow Central Station] ([Caledonian Railway]) Automatic ticket barriers introduced |
22/10/1972 | [Glasgow Central Station] ([Caledonian Railway]) Powerbox modernised. |
31/12/1973 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leith East Yard, last section of the line, closed. (Latterly accessed from [North British Railway] lines via Seafield Junction) |
06/05/1974 | [Caledonian Railway] [Wishaw and Coltness Railway] [Clydesdale Junction Railway] [Polloc and Govan Railway] [Glasgow Central Station] Glasgow Central to Carlisle electrification complete. |
05/06/1979 | [Caledonian Railway] Cobbinshaw (temporary) signalbox opened to control down line between |
/ /1980 | [Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Granton Bitumen works siding closed. (Latterly accessed via the [Edinburgh Leith and Newhaven Railway] which is cut back to Powderhall). |
10/11/1981 | [Caledonian Railway] Cobbinshaw (temporary) signalbox closed |
22/11/1981 | [Caledonian Railway] Midcalder Junction box closed |
/ /1983 | [Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway Society formed. |
/01/1984 | [Switchback] ([Caledonian Railway]) London Road High Level closed to goods (except rare scrap workings) |
/ /1986 | [Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Line lifted from Granton Harbour to the Bitumen works. |
/ /1986 | [Cleland and Midcalder Line] ([Caledonian Railway]) Polkemmet Colliery line lifted. |
/ /1986 | [Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Track laying starts. |
/ /1988 | [Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Service starts running over a quarter of a mine of track running south from the new Leadhills station. |
/ /1991 | [Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Rispin Cleugh viaduct demolished. |
04/10/1993 | [Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway] ([Caledonian Railway]) Local passenger service established between Glasgow (Rutherglen Junction) and Whifflet. Trains interconnect with services to Motherwell and Coatbridge. Heritage Diesel Multiple Units in use. |
13/02/1998 | [Glasgow Central Station] ([Caledonian Railway]) Last mail train runs from the station to Cardiff. |
04/07/2005 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) [Mid Lanark Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Signalling switched on on the re-opening Hamilton - Larkhall branch. |
17/07/2005 | [Coalburn Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) [Mid Lanark Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Overhead Line Equipment (overhead wires) energised on the re-opening Hamilton - Larkhall line. |
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Passenger and goods line from Carlisle to Float Junction, Carstairs.
This is a major station in the north west of England. ...
More detailsThis was the Caledonian Railway's first permanent locomotive shed in Carlisle. It was to the north of the station alongside the town's West Wall almost directly below the Deanery of Carlisle Cathedral.
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This goods yard was just north of Carlisle Citadel. It was on the west side of the passenger line and the east side of the Carlisle Goods Loop (Carlisle Goods Traffic Committee) from which it diverged at Caldew Junction, access being from the north.
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This junction was north of Carlisle station. It was where, in 1877, a northern end of the Carlisle Goods Loop (Carlisle Goods Traffic Committee) met the Caledonian Railway. Today it is the southern extremity of the goods lines which pass through Kingmoor Marshalling Yard where these rejoin the main line.
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This junction was north of Carlisle. It was the eastern end of a connecting line, Port Carlisle Junction to Canal Junction Curve (Caledonian Railway) opened in 1860 to give the Waverley Route an approach to Carlisle station.
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This is a pair of double track viaducts. The original is to the east and later, carrying goods lines and dating from 1942, to the west. ...
More detailsThis junction is north of the Eden Viaduct [Etterby]. It opened in 1874 when the main Caledonian Railway shed for Carlisle relocated further north.
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This double ended shed was located on the east side of the Caledonian Railway, approached from the south.
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This junction is the southern approach to Kingmoor Marshalling Yard and northern exit from Carlisle Kingmoor TMD. It is located north of Carlisle.
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This was a two platform station with the main station building on the southbound platform. There was a goods yard on the east side of the line, approached by a long siding from the southbound line. The box was on the west side opposite the goods yard and south of the northbound platform.
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This was a two platform station to the north of Floriston Level Crossing. The railway remains open and is the West Coast Main Line.
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This is a long, wide and low concrete viaduct carrying three tracks. The viaduct was replaced for the opening of the Kingmoor Marshalling Yard. It crosses the River Esk and the floodplains to both north and south. It is carried on a large number of piers.
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Also known as Longtown Emergency Connection. This was a connection south of Mossband Junction where the Longtown MOD sidings.
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This junction has had a series of openings (and closures) and has been largely associated with the munitions factories at Longtown, Gretna and Smalmstown, and the southern approach to the Waverley Route.
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This was a two platform station immediately south of the England/Scotland Border at Sark Viaduct. The main station building was on the northbound platform and there was a goods yard on the east side, approached by reversal.
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This two arch double track viaduct is just north of the former Gretna [CR] station and just south of Gretna Junction. It is on the Scotland/England border. ...
More detailsThis junction is just to the north of the former Gretna [CR] station and Sark Viaduct. It is only just in Scotland, being just north of the Border. The junction is now single lead junction for the route to Dumfries and double for the line north to Lockerbie. The Dumfries route doubles after leading the junction.
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There are refuge loops at Quintinshill on both the north and south bound lines. The location is just north of Gretna Junction.
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This was a two platform station just to the south of Kirkpatrick. There was a goods yard at the east end.
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This signal box, on the south side of the line, controlled access to two quarry sidings.
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This is a double track eight arch viaduct with an overall length of 306 ft and a height of 38 ft. The viaduct crosses the Kirtle Water south east of the former Kirtlebridge station and junction.
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This was a small two platform station until the opening of the Solway Junction Railway in 1869. Reconstruction created a junction station. The station closed in 1960.
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This was a two platform station on an east-west alignment. The southbound (up) platform was to the north. The main station building was on the southbound platform. This was a crow-stepped gable building typical of the line.
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The site of these sidings, just east of Castlemilkgates, is now under the M74 bridge over the line. There was a box on the east side of the line and sidings on the west side, served from the north. The box closed in 1933.
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This is a two platform station. The main station building is on the northbound platform. This building, by William Tite, is in Tudor style, with crow-stepped gables and remains standing. The central part is two storey and attic and side wings single storey. The platforms were canopied. A modern, somewhat grim, canopy runs for part of the length of the main building.
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This was a two platform station to the north of a level crossing. There was a goods yard on the west side, north of the crossing, approached from the north.
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This was a two platform station to the south of a level crossing. There was a goods yard on the west side of the line to the north of the crossing, reached by reversal from the northbound line.
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This was a two platform station. The main station building was on the southbound platform.
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Beattock is a village but it had a fine station with superior buildings. This was a three platform station on the Glasgow-Carlisle main line. There were two main line platforms and a bay at the north end, on the east side, for the Moffat Railway. Going north from Beattock is the climb to Beattock Summit.
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Beattock Shed was located by Beattock station, just to the north on the west side. It was a double ended two road shed approached from the north and south.
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This was a railway staff and families halt north of Beattock. There was a signal box here, initially called 'Longbedholm', on the west side of the line alongside a trailing crossover.
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This signal box was on the west side of the line. There were railway cottages on the east side, south of the box. There was a loop here.
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This summit has up and down loops and engineers sidings. The Caledonian Railway considered the height to be 1,015 ft, since revised to 1,016 ft.
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This was a two platform station on the Caledonian Railway main line with interchange for the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch (Caledonian Railway).
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This is a double track viaduct over the Elvan Water just west of the site of the former Elvanfoot station. ...
More detailsThis was a two platform station. The main station building was on the northbound platform with a waiting room on the southbound. There was a footbridge at the north west end of the station, part of a footpath from Crawford which continued over a footbridge over the River Clyde and on to Midlock, to the north. There was no goods yard, but the station had a small timber signal box at the south end ...
More detailsThis viaduct is between the former stations at Abington and Crawford, about half a mile north west of Crawford station. The railway crosses the River Clyde by means of this double track three span viaduct.
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This was a two platform station. The main station building was on the northbound (town side) building with a waiting room on the southbound platform.
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This signal box, on the east side of the railway, was named for the nearby farm just to the east. The River Clyde is just to the west.
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This was a two platform station. It was not convenient for the village of Lamington and Lamington House being a mile away by road and across the River Clyde.
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This was a two platform station opened in 1848. The station was immediately north of the bridge over the A72.
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This was a three platform junction station opened in 1863 with the planned extension of the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway to Peebles [CR] in 1864. It replaced Symington [1st] around 1000 ft to the south. Between the two stations was the goods yard on the east side of the line.
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A two platform station. When first opened a road crossed the station by level crossing (by Station Road). North of this was the goods yard, on the east side, with the passenger station to the south.
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This was the south end of a curve allowing trains to run from Carlisle to Edinburgh. The north end was at Lampits Junction. The curve opened with the Caledonian Railway line and was east of Carstairs Junction.
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Float Junction to Garriongill Junction.
This was the south end of a curve allowing trains to run from Carlisle to Edinburgh. The north end was at Lampits Junction. The curve opened with the Caledonian Railway line and was east of Carstairs Junction.
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This junction is where the West Coast Main Line from the south divides, the western line running to Glasgow Central (and the north) and eastern to Edinburgh Waverley. Carstairs station is just to the north on the Glasgow fork.
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This is an island platform station on the western junction of the triangular junction at Carstairs. There is a modern station building on the platform which is approached by a footbridge over the Glasgow bound lines.
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This signal box was west of Carstairs station, controlling sidings on either side of the line west to Glasgow. The box was on the north side of the line with a tramway to a sand pit running behind it to the north.
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This signal box was west of Carstairs station close to the later site of Ravenstruther Coal Terminal (just to its east). Sidings on the north side of the line were served from the east.
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This junction was the eastern apex of a triangular junction. Also known as Silvermuir East Junction or Silvermuir Junction East. The other junctions were Cleghorn Junction, to the west, and Silvermuir South Junction, to the south.
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This is the junction for Lanark used by trains from Glasgow to join the single track branch from the double track West Coast Main Line. Unfortunately the east to south curve closed and the former service from Edinburgh would now be very awkward to operate.
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This was a two platform station nearly two and a half miles north of Lanark.
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A siding on the south side of the line, approached from tthe west, served the brick works. The works underwent a major expansion in 1897. Several looped sidings were installed on the south side of the line. A siding from the east end of the loops was a reversing spur for a line to the south side of the works.
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Craigenhill box was by the summit. From here a mineral line ran north from a reversing spur off the southbound line to reach Craigenhill Lime Works (from which the line continued to a quarry to the east, one of several in the area).
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This signal box controlled the junction south of Braidwood for a mineral line network (Mauldslee Branch (Caledonian Railway)) serving iron ore quarries to the south of the village of Carluke, now a town.
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This was a two platform station with a goods yard on the west side, served from the north. A lattice footbridge connected the platforms.
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This is a two platform station station with two excellent survivors; a fine goods shed (no longer in railway use) and a distinctive station building. It is in the west of Carluke.
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This signal box (1874) served a branch which ran north east to the Castlehill Iron Works (closed 1884) and Castlehill No 6 Colliery. A short siding ran south west to Whiteshaw Foundry and a saw mill was also served. The box closed in 1967.
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This was a four platform station which opened with the Wishaw Deviation (Caledonian Railway) of 1880 which met the Caledonian Railway of 1848 here. The station had a more or less east-west alignment.
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This junction was the location where the Wishaw and Coltness Railway (this portion opened around 1842) was met by the Caledonian Railway in 1848. The Caledonian used the W&C as part of its approach to Glasgow and to the north.
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Float Junction to Edinburgh Princes Street.
This was the south end of a curve allowing trains to run from Carlisle to Edinburgh. The north end was at Lampits Junction. The curve opened with the Caledonian Railway line and was east of Carstairs Junction.
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The 1867 Dolphinton [CR] line started from a junction which allowed trains from Carstairs station to join the branch. A box opened with the junction. The Dolphinton branch severed the south to east 1848 curve (out of use from around 1860) and a replacement curve was built from Strawfrank Junction to Dolphinton Junction in 1872.
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This was the north end of a curve allowing trains to run from Carlisle to Edinburgh. The south end was at Float Junction. The curve opened with the Caledonian Railway line and was east of Carstairs Junction.
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This was a two platform station about a mile from Carnwath, to the east, by road.
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Auchengray was a three platform station to the north of a level crossing. There were two platforms on the main line and a bay (added around the time the Wilsontown branch opened, 1860 with a west to south curve creating a triangle in 1866) at the north end of the northbound platform. A small goods yard was at the north end, west side of the line. The signal box was on the south side of the ...
More detailsThis was the southern junction of a triangular junction. The other junctions were Wilsontown West Junction and Wilsontown North Junction.
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This was the northern junction of a triangular junction. The other junctions were Wilsontown West Junction and Wilsontown South Junction.
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Cobbinshaw [1st] station closed in 1875 and was replaced with this station. The second station was further south. This was a two platform station with the main building on the southbound platform. The platforms were in timber with timber station buildings.
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This station was opened on the west bank of the Cobbinshaw Reservoir (a feeder for the Union Canal).
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This was the junction for the Tarbrax Oil works. The line had a facing connection from the southbound line of the Caledonian Railway south of Cobbinshaw Reservoir.
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This two platform station was in a rural location not far from Harburn House and estate, to the south.
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This is a six arch double track viaduct over the Linhouse Water. The engneers were John Errington and Joseph Locke.
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This is the junction between the Caledonian Railway's Carlisle to Edinburgh Princes Street main line of 1848 and its Edinburgh and Glasgow railway, via Shotts, of 1869.
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This is a two platform station to the immediate east of a level crossing. The main station building is on the eastbound platform. There is a small car park.
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This was the junction for the 1866 Camps Branch (Caledonian Railway) which served Raw Camps Mine, Camps Goods and Raw Camps Quarry.
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This was a two platform halt west of Ravelrig Junction at Dalmahoy, the west end of the Balerno Branch (Caledonian Railway). (The branch was a loop).
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This junction was formed in 1874 between the west end of the Balerno Branch (Caledonian Railway) and the 1848 Caledonian Railway.
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This was a two platform station on the Caledonian Railway main line. Currie was better served by the Balerno Branch (Caledonian Railway) station Currie [2nd] which opened to the south.
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This is a modern two platform station.
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This is a two platform station. There is no car park. A station house remains next to the west end of the station and level crossing, in use as a house. The line runs parallel to the Union Canal here (it is just to the north) and the railway passes over the canal just to the east.
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This junction was at the east end of the Balerno Branch and connected the 1874 single track branch to the 1848 main line railway.
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This is a 14 arch double track viaduct parallel to the Slateford Aqueduct.
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This two platform station was west of the present Slateford station. It was just east of the Slateford Viaduct.
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This is a two platform station in the south west of Edinburgh.
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This is the west end of a curve opened from Craiglockhart Junction in 1961 in connection with the development of Millerhill Marshalling Yard.
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This was a double track junction east of Slateford station (and the present Slateford Junction). It was the connection between the 1848 Caledonian Railway and the abortive Edinburgh Station and Branches (Caledonian Railway) of 1859 which was intended to allow the Caledonian access to Haymarket to Edinburgh Waverley.
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This temporary station served the International Exhibition of Electricity, Engineering, General Inventions and Industries. This was laid out on the land later occupied by Slateford Yard, the Meggetland sports grounds lying south of the line at Slateford and west of Craiglockhart and housing at Meggetland, Ashley Drive and Ashley Gardens. The exhibition was also served by [[Exhibition ...
More detailsThis junction was at the east end of a loop which started at Slateford Junction [1st]. The loop was on the south side of the line and was for Exhibition [CR] station. This was the genesis of Slateford Yard.
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This was a two platform station in the south western suburb of Edinburgh on the approach to Edinburgh Princes Street station.
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This box was opposite the Dalry Manure Depot siding. The siding was on the south/east side of the line just south of Dalry Shed and box a little to the south on the opposite side by Henderson Terrace.
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This junction opened was between lines westwards to Stirling, Granton, North Leith and Barnton, and Glasgow Central, Carstairs and Carlisle. To the east lines to Morrison Street Goods, Edinburgh Princes Street and Lothian Road Goods divided.
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This was a terminus in Edinburgh. This was the Caledonian Railway's original terminus before being replaced with Edinburgh Princes Street which was just to the north.
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This was a major terminus in Edinburgh originally opened in 1870 and entirely rebuilt in 1893-94. After the reconstruction the main station building was a single storey (but very high). In its final form, it had seven platforms, a 850 foot glass bayed roof and the "Caledonian Hotel", built 1899-1903. There was much in common with the architectural style of Glasgow Central station. On the ...
More detailsGarnqueen South Junction to Greenhill Lower Junction.
The 1826 Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway was met here by the 1848 Caledonian Railway. The Caledonian used the M&K route to reach Garnqueen East Junction to the south, so a short portion of the main line was one of the earliest railways belonged to the North British. There were restrictions on the NB for their use of this section of their line to avoid the blocking of expresses by ...
More detailsThis is a double track junction where the former Caledonian Railway lines from Glasgow and the south meet and continue north to Stirling and beyond.
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This level crossing is north east of Garnqueen North Junction and to the immediate north west of the village of Greenfoot. There was a signal box by the crossing and formerly quarry sidings.
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This signal box, north of Greenfoot Level Crossing, controlled access to the Gain Quarry. The box was located on the west side of the line opposite the trailing connection for the quarry siding. A railway cottage was directly to the west of the box. Tramways ran from the siding into the quarry itself.
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This is a two platform station. It was opened to serve the southern part of Cumbernauld as the 'new town' extended south. ...
More detailsThis is a two platform station with the main station building on the northbound platform. The original shelter on this platform was similar to that at Killin [2nd] reflecting the size of Cumbernauld before it became a 'New Town'. There was a small goods yard at the north end of the eastbound platform and, north of this, a loop off the line.
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This signal box was on the west side of the line. It was replaced in 1908. Following this there was a trailing siding on the southbound line and a trailing crossover just to its north. The box closed in 1931. ...
More detailsThis curve, an Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway promotion, never opened. Intended to give the E&G access to Buchanan Street via the Caledonian Railway. ...
More detailsThis was the works of John G Stein and Co. Ltd. It was served by a siding from the Caledonian Railway which was on the south side of the line. The location was just north of where the Caledonian Railway passed under the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on the approach to Greenhill Lower from the south.
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This signal box was west of Greenhill Lower Junction and Bonnybridge Junction on the Caledonian Railway.
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This was a double track junction immediately west of Greenhill Lower Junction. The 1886 Bonnybridge Canal Branch (Caledonian Railway) met the 1848 Greenhill branch of the Caledonian Railway. Going east the Bonnybridge line passed through the northern two platforms of Greenhill Lower station.
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This was originally a two platform station. the platforms were on the Caledonian Railway's Greenhill Branch line from Garnqueen South Junction to Greenhill Lower Junction.
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Here the Caledonian Railway's Greenhill Branch line from Garnqueen South Junction to Greenhill Lower Junction met the Scottish Central Railway from Greenhill Upper Junction to Perth. Both lines remain open today.
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Passenger and goods line from Gartsherrie South Junction to Gartsherrie East Junction. This short connection, which crossed the now Caledonian owned older Garnkirk and Glasgow on the level, allowed running north and east to Greenhill from Coatbridge.
This junction was formed in 1848 when a short connecting line of the Caledonian Railway was put in between the 1843 Coatbridge Central branch of the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway at Gartsherrie South Junction and Gartsherrie NB Junction (to the north) on the 1826 Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway.
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This former junction was formed between the 1826 Monkland and Kirktintilloch Railway and a short connection made by the 1848 Caledonian Railway which ran south crossing the 1831 Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway on the level en route and meeting its 1843 branch to Coatbridge Central at Garnqueen South Junction.
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This is an island platform station on the western junction of the triangular junction at Carstairs. There is a modern station building on the platform which is approached by a footbridge over the Glasgow bound lines.
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This shed was located to the north of the West-East chord of the Carstairs triangular junction. It was immediately north and east of Carstairs station. Approach was from west and east.
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The 1867 Dolphinton [CR] line started from a junction which allowed trains from Carstairs station to join the branch. A box opened with the junction. The Dolphinton branch severed the south to east 1848 curve (out of use from around 1860) and a replacement curve was built from Strawfrank Junction to Dolphinton Junction in 1872.
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