The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was authorised by act of Parliament on 4 July 1838.[page needed][page needed] It was opened to passenger traffic on...
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Union Canal (Scotland) (redirect from Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Amalgamation Act 1849)
was opened in 1822 and was initially successful, but the construction of railways, particularly the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, which opened in 1842...
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Edinburgh Waverley (also known simply as Edinburgh; Scottish Gaelic: Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland...
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The Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line is a mainline railway line linking Glasgow and Edinburgh via Falkirk in Scotland. It is the principal route out...
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two mainline railway terminals (the larger being Glasgow Central) and is the third-busiest station in Scotland behind Central and Edinburgh Waverley (as...
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North Clyde Line (redirect from North Clyde Line, Glasgow)
Junction opened by Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway; 1846 - Edinburgh Waverley to Haymarket opened by Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway; 1849 - Newbridge Junction...
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forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively extended its network and reached Edinburgh and Aberdeen, with a dense network of...
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mainline rail terminals in Glasgow, Scotland. The railway station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 1 August 1879 and is one of 20 managed by Network...
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kilometres) northeast of the town of Prestwick Scotland, and 32 miles (51 kilometres) southwest of Glasgow, Scotland. It is the less busy of the two airports...
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bus service, operated by Scottish Citylink, which runs between Edinburgh and Glasgow. 24-hour operation was introduced on 2 October 2017. In January...
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Scotland. During 1842, Haymarket railway station was opened as the original terminus of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The station represented the launch...
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electrified railway lines linking Glasgow with Edinburgh, the two largest cities in Scotland. These are, from north to south: Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk...
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The Glasgow–Edinburgh via Carstairs line is a main railway route which connects the Scottish cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, by means of their respective...
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Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with English railways at...
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The Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) was a railway company in Scotland. It served a triangular area of south-west Scotland between Glasgow, Stranraer...
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underground railway in Glasgow: that distinction belongs to a three-mile (five-kilometre) section of the Glasgow City and District Railway opened in 1886...
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Broxburn railway station served the town of Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland, from 1843 to 1849 on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The station was...
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21 — Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway opens in Scotland. March 31 — The Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway opens to Oldham Werneth railway station...
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The Glasgow Subway rolling stock serves the Glasgow Subway, the third-oldest underground metro system in the world. The Subway is currently on the third...
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11A at Glasgow Central on the former Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway, Ayrshire Coast Line and Inverclyde Line; via Cardonald, Hillington East and Hillington...
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Waverley Route (redirect from Edinburgh and Hawick Railway)
chairman of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, whose ambition it was to enclose the triangle of land between Edinburgh, Berwick and Carlisle with NBR...
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railway lines: Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway between Edinburgh and Saughton Junction Forth Bridge Connecting Lines of the North British Railway between Saughton...
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The Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway was a railway company formed in 1836 to connect the city of Edinburgh with the harbours on the Firth of Forth...
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from Edinburgh, landing at 8 am on 2 May 1966. The airport was officially opened on 27 June 1966 by Queen Elizabeth II. The political rows over Glasgow and...
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with two adjoining railway lines to become the Monkland Railways; which in turn were absorbed by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. A short length of...
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The Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway was an early railway built primarily to carry coal to Glasgow and other markets from the Monkland coalfields, shortening...
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Caledonian main line (redirect from Caledonian Railway Main Line)
The Caledonian Railway main line in Scotland connected Glasgow and Edinburgh with Carlisle, via Carstairs and Beattock. It was opened in 1847 by the Caledonian...
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between Glasgow and Edinburgh must also be improved. The closed section of the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway between the 1989 Drumgelloch station and Bathgate...
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Edinburgh. Gradually other railways were acquired, including in 1865 the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, whose works at Cowlairs, Glasgow were better than that...
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commitment to do so. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (E&GR) opened its main line in 1842 between Glasgow and the station at Edinburgh that became Haymarket...
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