Busby Railway
Introduction
This line is open. Today it is a commuter line associated with East Kilbride, the new town, it originally opened to serve considerable stone quarries. It opened to Busby in 1866 and was extended to East Kilbride in 1868. (It was later extended to Hamilton (actually Hunthill Junction, High Blantyre) in 1885.
Dates
| / /1863 | Busby Railway Act receives Royal assent. The Busby Railway made a working agreement with the Caledonian Railway. |
| / /1863 | Busby Railway Busby Print Works branch authorised from Busby Railway. |
| / /1865 | Busby Railway Approval to extend line from Busby to East Kilbride. The Caledonian Railway working agreement is extended to East Kilbride. |
| 01/01/1866 | Busby Railway Line opened from Pollokshaws (Busby Junction) to Busby largely in connection with quarrying. |
| 01/01/1866 | Busby Railway Busby Print Works branch opened. |
| 01/09/1868 | Busby Railway Opened from Busby to East Kilbride. |
| / /1874 | Busby Railway
Caledonian Railway Busby Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway. |
| 27/11/1877 | Busby Railway East Kilbride Shed authorised. |
| / /1878 | Busby Railway Approval to double Giffnock to Busby. |
| /05/1878 | Busby Railway East Kilbride Shed opened. |
| / /1896 | Busby Railway East Kilbride Shed shut before this date. |
| / /1907 | Busby Railway Approval to extend sidings at Giffnock. |
Locations along the line
These locations are along the line.
This is the junction between the line from Glasgow Central to Kilmarnock and the branch to East Kilbride.
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See also
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 08/09/1956
G W Robin /08/1965
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 08/09/1956
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/10/1953
This foundry was on the west side of the East Kilbride line just south of Busby Junction. It was served by a siding controlled from Eastwood Signal Box.
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This was the signal box for the Argus Foundry siding. It was a short distance from Busby Junction, the start of the East Kilbride line.
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This is a two platform station not far south east of Busby Junction where the East Kilbride line leaves the Glasgow and Kilmarnock line.
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David Panton 19/09/2020
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 27/08/1953
David Panton 13/10/2007
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More detailsThis is a two platform station. The main station building, an original, is on the northbound platform.
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Network Rail //
David Panton 04/05/2019
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More detailsThis was a short lived junction between 1903 and 1907. The Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway reached Cathcart (for passengers) and Clarkston East Junction (for minerals) from Ardrossan in 1903.
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See also
Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 25/05/1964
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 31/01/2020
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 26/05/1962
John Robin 08/04/1963
This is a two platform station on the East Kilbride Line. The main station building was on the Glasgow bound platform, with a waiting room opposite.
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David Panton 11/11/2017
David Panton 07/07/2018
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David Panton 11/11/2017
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G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 08/07/1964
David Stewart //1960
John Robin 30/05/1963
John Robin 04/06/1965
This is a two platform station with staggered platforms - the northbound platform being slightly further north and extended in timber out over a road bridge. The stone built station building and goods shed survive.
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Ewan Crawford /11/1995
John Furnevel 04/04/2007
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/06/1959
David Panton 20/06/2018
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More detailsThis is a single platform station. The original stone single storey station building still stands. It is in the smaller Caledonian Railway station style. It is extended at the west end.
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John Furnevel 06/05/2007
John Robin /04/1966
John Steven 22/05/2009
This signal box, servicing Dripps Quarry which was reached by a zig-zag line, was between Thorntonhall (to the west) and Hairmyres.
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More detailsThis is a single platform station. The platform is on the south side of a single line with a large car park to the south. The station building survived into the 1990s, but is now gone. The platform has been extended at its west end. East of the station is Hairmyres Loop.
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G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 27/08/1960
Ian Millar 09/03/2018
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More detailsThis station has a single platform and is a terminus. A loop at the terminus survived until 2005. To the west, the Hairmyres Loop opened in 1990.
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See also
Blantyre to East Kilbride Line (Caledonian Railway)
Brian Haslehust //1970
Bill Roberton 22/11/2021
John Yellowlees 08/03/2016
David Bosher 02/10/2018
