Clydesdale Junction Railway

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Legend Wishaw and Coltness Railway latterly CR Main Line CR Coalburn Branch Motherwell (New) Lesmahagow Junction Lesmahagow Junction Motherwell Devation Line of CR Main Line Cleland and Midcalder Line Uddingston Junction Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway Uddingston Hamilton Branch of the Caledonian Railway Newton Kirkhill Junction Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway River Clyde Cambuslang (CJR) Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway Carmyle (R&CR / GCR) River Clyde Glasgow Central Railway Rutherglen Central Junction Rutherglen joint with GCR Rutherglen North & West Junctions Polloc and Govan Railway 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.

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]

Connections to other lines

• Polloc and Govan Railway at Rutherglen
• Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway between Rutherglen and Cambuslang
• Glasgow Central Railway at Newton
• Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway at Newton
• Hamilton Branch of the Caledonian Railway at Newton
• Cleland and Midcalder Line at Uddingston
• Coalburn Branch of the Caledonian Railway at Motherwell
• Motherwell Deviation Line of the Caledonian Railway at Motherwell
• Wishaw and Coltness Railway at Motherwell

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.

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Awdry
2. ^ Helps (1872), page 107

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. 
• 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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Helps, Arthur (Republished 2006) [1872]. The Life and Works of Mr Brassey (Modern ed.). Stroud: Nonsuch. ISBN 1-8458-8011-0. 

• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Nock, O.S. (1961). The Caledonian Railway (1st edition ed.). London: Ian Allan. OCLC 366646513. 
• Nock, O.S. (1964). The Caledonian Railway (2nd edition ed.). London: Ian Allan. OCLC 21002535. 
• Nock, O.S. (1973). The Caledonian Railway (3rd edition ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0408-0. OCLC 16232981. 

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