Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway
Dates of operation 1 August 186128 July 1873
Successor line North British Railway
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
LUECKE
   Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
BHF
Westerton (GD&HR)
STRrg HSTR ABZrf
Milngavie Junction
STR LUECKE
  Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
BHF
Bearsden
BHF
Hillfoot
eABZlf exKDSl
Burnbrae Dye Works
eABZlf exSTRlg
KBFe exSTR
Milngavie
exKDSe
Ellangowan Mills

The Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway was a Scottish railway. It extended the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway from Westerton to Milngavie, Glasgow.[1]

Contents

[edit] History

The line was authorised on 1 August 1861 in an act obtained by the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway;[1] and it opened in 1863.[2][3] It was operated from the start by the North British Railway (NBR); and was absorbed into the NBR by an Act of Parliament dated 28 July 1873.[1]

[edit] Current operations

Passenger services currently operate as part of the Argyle Line and North Clyde Line services. The spurs to the goods depots at Burnbrae Dye Works and Ellangowan Mills are closed.

[edit] Connections to other lines

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Awdry (1990). Pp 132 -133.
  2. ^ Awdry (1990), Page 132, gives the date of opening as 21 May 1863.
  3. ^ Thomas (1971), Page 205, gives the date of opening as 28 August 1863.

[edit] Sources