Garngaber Curve (Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway)



Dates

01/03/1845Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Passenger service from Glasgow Queen Street to Coatbridge [NB] and Airdrie (Commonhead?) begins around this date. This used the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, Garngaber Curve (Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway), Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway and Ballochney Railway. The Monkland line was upgraded for this service and began to use steam hauled passenger trains. This new service ran in competition with that from Glasgow Townhead over the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway to Coatbridge [CR] with a road coach connection to Airdrie.
04/12/1895Garngaber Curve (Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway)
Garngaber Junction Line opened for Merchandise (this line? Seems a bit late.)

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Garngaber High to Low

A westbound 477 passes the site of Garngaber Yard (on the left) where the west to south curve of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway from Bridgend ...
Ewan Crawford //1987
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This junction was east of Lenzie station and was the western end of a west to south curve which connected the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway to the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway. The curved line - known as the Bull Curve and requiring a banker going downhill (!) for heavy trains - was single track and connected with the double track mainlined and Garngaber Yard on the south ...

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Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Pile of stone sleepers seen on the <i>Bulls horns</i> east of Lenzie where there was transhipment between the E&G and M&K lines. ...
Ewan Crawford //
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This was the junction between the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway and the curve up to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway's at Garngaber High Junction. The line dropped quite steeply from the high junction down to the older line and had a fairly tight curve to negotiate before running parallel for a little way to reach the junction.
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Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
This was the original Garngaber Low Junction looking north. The trackbed to the left was an M&K built curve 'the bull's horns' which led to Garngaber ...
Ewan Crawford //1997
A DMU crosses the E&G viaduct over the M&K trackbed at Garngaber. ...
Ewan Crawford //
2 of 2 images.





Bridgend Extension

With the preparations for the opening of Bridgend Junction Garngaber Low Junction was taken out and the point of junction moved east to Bridgend.

This was the junction between the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway and the curve up to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway's at Garngaber High Junction. The line dropped quite steeply from the high junction down to the older line and had a fairly tight curve to negotiate before running parallel for a little way to reach the junction.
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Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
This was the original Garngaber Low Junction looking north. The trackbed to the left was an M&K built curve 'the bull's horns' which led to Garngaber ...
Ewan Crawford //1997
A DMU crosses the E&G viaduct over the M&K trackbed at Garngaber. ...
Ewan Crawford //
2 of 2 images.


This siding was at Muckcroft Level Crossing, east of the crossing and on the south side, approached from the east. ...

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Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway


The line from Garnqueen divided into three here. Going to the north west, the original M&K route, two single track lines ran in parallel, giving the appearance of a double track line. The western track ran to Garngaber High Junction, the eastern to Woodley Junction. A newer route to Waterside Junction ran to the north. This later route was a conventional double track.
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Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
Waterside Junction to Bridgend Junction (North British Railway)
Looking north at the junction between the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway and a short spur which connected it to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway ...
Ewan Crawford //
View south at Bridgend Junction in 1997 seen from the site of the signalbox. Here the M&K (right) met the North British's 1895 connection to the E&G ...
Ewan Crawford //1997
Monkland & Kirkintilloch Railway bridge under Muckcroft Road N of Bridgend Junction c. 1980. ...
Alistair MacKenzie //1980
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