Clydesdale Junction Railway

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Clydesdale Junction Railway
LUECKE
- - Wishaw and Coltness Railway latterly CR Main Line
STR LUECKE
- - CR Coalburn Branch
CPICl CPICr
Motherwell (New)
STRlf ABZlg
Lesmahagow Junction
STRrg ABZrf
Lesmahagow Junction
HLUECKE STRrf STR
- - Motherwell Devation Line of CR Main Line
HLUECKE STRlg STR
- - Cleland and Midcalder Line
STRlf ABZlg
Uddingston Junction
exHLUECKE eKRZu exHLUECKE
- - Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
BHF
Uddingston
STR LUECKE
- - Hamilton Branch of the Caledonian Railway
ABZlf ABZlg
eCPICl CPICr
Newton
ABZrg ABZrf
exSTRrg exHSTR ABZdlf ABZlg
exSTR exSTRrg eKRZu eABZlg
Kirkhill Junction
exSTR exSTR STR LUECKE
- - Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
exWBRÜCKE exWBRÜCKE STR
River Clyde
exABZrg exSTRrf BHF
Cambuslang (CJR)
HLUECKE xABZlg STR
- - Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway
BHF STR
Carmyle (R&CR / GCR)
xABZlf HWBRÜCKE ABZlg
River Clyde
exLUECKE STR
- - Glasgow Central Railway
STRrg ABZrf
Rutherglen Central Junction
CPICl eCPICr
Rutherglen joint with GCR
STRrg ABZ3rf ABZlg
Rutherglen North & West Junctions
STR LUECKE
- - Polloc and Govan Railway
LUECKE
- - Glasgow Central Railway

The Clydesdale Junction Railway was a railway company in Scotland that was formed to run trains between Rutherglen and Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.

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[edit] History


It received its Royal Assent on 31 July 1845.[1]

The engineers for the line were Joseph Locke and John Edward Errington, while the contractor was Thomas Brassey in partnership with William Mackenzie and Robert Stephenson[2]. It was however absorbed by the Caledonian Railway, by an Act of Parliament on 18 August 1846, prior to the commencement of services between Rutherglen and Motherwell on 1 June 1849.[1] Services on the section between Newton and Hamilton commenced on 5 September 1849.[1]

[edit] Connections to other lines

[edit] Current operations

This line is still in use as part of the Argyle Line. West Coast and East Coast Main Line services also use this line, as do the Shotts Line services between Rutherglen and Uddingston.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Awdry
  2. ^ Helps

[edit] Sources

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.