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Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway

Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway City of Glasgow Union Railway Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Cowlairs Tunnel Glasgow Queen Street Sighthill Junction Pinkston North Springburn Craighall Cowlairs Cowlairs Junction Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway Hamiltonhill Branch of Caledonian Railway Bishopbriggs Lenzie Monkland Junction Middlemuir Junction Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Campsie Branch Garngaber Goods Croy Dullatur Castlecary Upper Greenhill Caledonian Railway Main Line Greenhill Upper Junction originally Scottish Central Jn Greenhill Lower Junction Bonnybridge High Scottish Central Railway Falkirk High Falkirk Tunnel Polmont Junction Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway Polmont Slamannan Railway Coatbridge Line Junction Bo'ness High Junction Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Manuel High Level Lochmill Goods Linlithgow Philpstoun Port Edgar Winchburgh Junction New Halls Winchburgh South Queensferry Winchburgh Tunnel Forth Bridge Broxburn Oil Dalmeny second first Broxburn Dalmeny North Junction Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Dalmeny South Junction Bathgate Junction Kirkliston Ingliston Colliery Ratho Turnhouse Gogar Edinburgh Gateway Edinburgh Park South Gyle Saughton Junction Corstorphine Saughton Pinkhill Balgreen Halt   Caledonian Railway Haymarket West Junction Main Line     Haymarket Central Junction   Edinburgh Suburban & Haymarket East Junction Southside Junction Rly   Haymarket Haymarket Tunnel Mound Tunnel Edinburgh Waverley North British Railway

The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was a railway built to link Glasgow and Edinburgh. The Act of Parliament for build the railway received its Royal Assent in 1838 which was open on 28 July 1863. Services started between Glasgow Queen Street and Haymarket on 21 February 1842. The line was extended to Edinburgh Waverley in 1846

The line was absorbed into the North British Railway on 1 August 1865.

The line is still open as the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line.

Connections to other lines

• At Sighthill Junction (on the Sighthill Branch) to the City of Glasgow Union Railway
• At Sighthill Junction to the Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway
• At Cowlairs Junction to the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
• At Lenzie to the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
• At Greenhill Upper to the Scottish Central Railway
• At Polmont to the Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway
• At Manuel to the Slamannan Railway and Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway
• At Winchburgh and Saughton to the Forth Bridge Connecting Lines of the North British Railway
• At Bathgate Junction to the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway
• At Ratho to the South Queensferry Branch of Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
• At Haymarket to the Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
• At Haymarket to the Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station and Branches)
• At Edinburgh Waverley to the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
• At Edinburgh Waverley to the North British Railway

References

• Glasgow to Edinburgh Lines
• RAILSCOT on Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
• RAILSCOT on South Queensferry Branch
• RAILSCOT on Corstorphine Branch
• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing.
• Jowett, Alan. (1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain & Ireland. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1.

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