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...
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The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway was an early mineral railway running from a colliery at Monklands to the Forth and Clyde Canal at Kirkintilloch...
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Monkland Railways, formed by the merger of the Ballochney Railway, the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway and the Slamannan Railway Monklands (disambiguation)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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In North Lanarkshire, the North British Railway was a keen competitor, having taken over the Monkland Railways. The area contained the rapidly-growing...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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together formed the Monkland Railways in 1848; that group eventually became part of the rival North British Railway. The Monkland Railways too had converted...
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was in residence. The railways were absorbed by the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) on 1 August 1875 for the Deeside Railway and 31 January 1876...
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Waverley Route (redirect from Waverley Railway)
Line: How Britain's Railways Were Saved. Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-86093-647-3. Gourvish, T.R. (1986). British Railways 1948-73. Cambridge:...
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and Coatbridge Railway. The station opened on 11 August 1862 by the Monkland Railways. To the south was the goods yard. The station building was on the...
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Bathgate Railway Bathgate Lower railway station on the Bathgate Branch of the Monkland Railways This disambiguation page lists articles about railway and public...
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three-quarters was over leased or subsidiary railways. Eventual amalgamation with many of these railways had been prompted from the start. The necessary...
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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...
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Selligue History of the oil shale industry Monkland Railways Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway Glasgow Post Office Directory 1811: John Young...
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Wemyss Private Railway was a network of lines, sometimes known as the Wemyss Estate Railway. The lines were a group of mineral and other railways in Fife, Scotland...
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amalgamated with several other local railways to form the Monkland Railways. The station opened in 1840 when the Slamannan Railway opened and closed to passengers...
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Callander railway was absorbed by the Scottish Central Railway on 31 July 1865 by the Scottish Central and Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railways Amalgamation...
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Railway Monkland Railways, formed in 1848 by the merger of the aforesaid local "coal railways". Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway North British Railway Caledonian...
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there. In 1923 the mainline railways of Great Britain were "grouped" under the Railways Act 1921 and the North British Railway was a constituent of the new...
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