The Monkland Railways was a railway company formed in 1848 by the merger of three "coal railways" that had been built to serve coal and iron pits around...
34 KB (4,436 words) - 17:13, 23 July 2024
The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway was an early mineral railway running from a colliery at Monklands to the Forth and Clyde Canal at Kirkintilloch...
50 KB (6,970 words) - 20:59, 29 August 2024
Monkland Railways, formed by the merger of the Ballochney Railway, the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway and the Slamannan Railway Monklands (disambiguation)...
921 bytes (147 words) - 14:50, 30 May 2024
on the Monkland and Kirkintilloch line. It opened in 1828, and in 1848 it amalgamated with two associated railways, forming the Monkland Railways. All of...
37 KB (5,439 words) - 18:33, 23 August 2024
Kilmarnock and Troon Railway of 1812 and the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway of 1826, the first of the "coal railways" of the Monklands area. The Garnkirk...
49 KB (6,934 words) - 19:15, 29 August 2024
by the Monkland Railways. It was a short-lived station, only being open for two years, closing on 10 December 1851. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger...
2 KB (95 words) - 11:50, 2 September 2022
Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway was an early railway built primarily to carry coal to Glasgow and other markets from the Monkland coalfields, shortening...
23 KB (2,696 words) - 21:25, 4 December 2024
Kirkintilloch Railway. The station was opened on 10 December 1849 by the Monkland Railways. It was known as Belday in the Glasgow Herald. Services only stopped...
2 KB (94 words) - 23:11, 11 December 2024
commercially, and in 1848 it combined with other companies, forming the Monkland Railways. None of the route is still in use, and much of it near Airdrie has...
29 KB (4,175 words) - 15:43, 29 August 2024
Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway. The Monkland Railways had been formed in 1848 by the merging of several of the old "coal railways" operating around Airdrie...
72 KB (9,467 words) - 19:18, 11 December 2024
In North Lanarkshire, the North British Railway was a keen competitor, having taken over the Monkland Railways. The area contained the rapidly-growing...
52 KB (6,841 words) - 21:03, 7 December 2024
was opened by the Monkland Railways. It had a lot of different names; it was known as Blackstone Junction in the Monkland Railways timetable on 1 March...
3 KB (196 words) - 14:21, 23 September 2022
August 1828 by the Monkland Railways. It was situated on a siding. Garden Square was built in 1830, which was a local village for railway workers. The station...
2 KB (83 words) - 13:55, 13 May 2024
The Highland Railway (HR) was one of the smaller British railways before the Railways Act 1921, operating north of Perth railway station in Scotland and...
75 KB (9,944 words) - 18:59, 11 December 2024
Manuel Junction (redirect from Manuel High Level railway station)
(lower) Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway line, part of the Monkland Railways and connected to the Slamannan Railway. Trains going from Bo'ness to the...
9 KB (874 words) - 15:02, 13 October 2022
together formed the Monkland Railways in 1848; that group eventually became part of the rival North British Railway. The Monkland Railways too had converted...
35 KB (5,168 words) - 15:25, 30 January 2023
Edinburgh–Bathgate line (redirect from Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway)
The Monkland Railways too wished to reach the area and they extended their line eastward from Blackstone Junction (on the former Slamannan Railway) and...
24 KB (2,625 words) - 15:18, 31 August 2024
1862 by the Monkland Railways. It replaced Arbuckle, which was to the east. The station closed on 1 May 1930. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations...
2 KB (90 words) - 12:54, 27 April 2024
three-quarters was over leased or subsidiary railways. Eventual amalgamation with many of these railways had been prompted from the start. The necessary...
97 KB (13,338 words) - 13:47, 12 June 2024
Monkland Railways. Bathgate was opened by the Monkland Railways in 1856, and renamed Bathgate Lower on 1 August 1865 by the North British Railway at the...
4 KB (348 words) - 09:26, 23 November 2024
the Monkland Railways on 14 August 1848. The powers to build the Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway were transferred to the Monkland Railways at the...
13 KB (2,049 words) - 22:07, 3 December 2024
The Monkland Canal was a 12+1⁄4-mile-long (19.7 km) canal designed to bring coal from the mining areas of Monklands to Glasgow in Scotland. In the course...
68 KB (9,679 words) - 16:06, 30 August 2024
Railway Monkland Railways, formed in 1848 by the merger of the aforesaid local "coal railways". Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway North British Railway Caledonian...
62 KB (5,804 words) - 06:51, 28 December 2024
The Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway, also known as the "New Monkland Line", was built by Monkland Railways. It opened on 28 July 1863. The line was absorbed...
2 KB (276 words) - 17:37, 18 May 2022
Callander railway was absorbed by the Scottish Central Railway on 31 July 1865 by the Scottish Central and Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railways Amalgamation...
37 KB (5,296 words) - 13:58, 5 October 2024
Selligue History of the oil shale industry Monkland Railways Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway Glasgow Post Office Directory 1811: John Young...
16 KB (1,901 words) - 10:59, 13 November 2024
Bathgate Railway Bathgate Lower railway station on the Bathgate Branch of the Monkland Railways This disambiguation page lists articles about railway and public...
506 bytes (101 words) - 21:53, 21 April 2020
Coatbridge Branch (NBR) (category Mining railways)
Ballochney Railway and the Slamannan Railway) to form the Monkland Railways in 1848. For the time being the Monkland Railways had no direct connection to Glasgow...
14 KB (1,838 words) - 15:43, 12 October 2024
Bathgate Railway on 12 November 1849, being renamed Bathgate Upper on 1 August 1865 by the North British Railway at the same time as the Monkland Railways station...
5 KB (353 words) - 16:01, 26 September 2024
The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railways was a network of railway lines serving sparsely populated areas of south-west Scotland. The title appeared...
63 KB (7,934 words) - 12:30, 8 December 2024