Dalmarnock Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Introduction
This railway is closed except for a short section from Rutherglen to Strathclyde Junction. The line crossed the River Clyde and provided an east end terminus at London Road near Bridgeton and Parkhead where a very large goods yard was developed. With the opening of the Glasgow Central Railway the line was moved sideways to the east to cross the new Clyde Viaduct [Rutherglen]. This allowed the new line to use the original Clyde Viaduct [Rutherglen] [1st].
Dates
| 21/05/1858 | Dalmarnock Branch (Caledonian Railway) Line authorised. |
| 24/06/1861 | Dalmarnock Branch (Caledonian Railway) Line opened from Dalmarnock Junction (Rutherglen) to Bridgeton Goods. This was the first south bank line in Glasgow to cross the River Clyde (via the Clyde Viaduct [Rutherglen] [1st]). |
| / /1872 | Dalmarnock Branch (Caledonian Railway) Dalmarnock Junction (Rutherglen) improvements authorised. |
| / /1893 | Dalmarnock Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Glasgow Central Railway Widening of Clyde Viaduct [Rutherglen] [1st] authorised for the opening of the new Glasgow Central Railway. This will be by opening Clyde Viaduct [Rutherglen] alongside. The new bridge is to the east of the older. The new line is carried by the old bridge and old line relocated to the new bridge. |
| 02/08/1897 | Dalmarnock Branch (Caledonian Railway) New Clyde Viaduct [Rutherglen] bridge opened to carry the old line. This allows the Glasgow Central Railway to use the Clyde Viaduct [Rutherglen] [1st]. |
| 07/02/2020 | Dalmarnock Branch (Caledonian Railway) Former Rutherglen Training School burned down. |
Locations along the line
These locations are along the line.
This junction is south east of Rutherglen station. It is where the Argyle Line joins the West Coast Main Line from Glasgow Central High Level.
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See also
Clydesdale Junction Railway
John Furnevel 15/08/2006
Ewan Crawford 29/03/2009
John Furnevel 15/08/2006
Ian Millar 01/11/1979
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More detailsThis is an island platform station. It opened with the Argyle Line (the re-opened Glasgow Central Railway) in 1979 and the remaining part of Rutherglen [3rd] on the main line closed. The station is overshadowed by the M74 Motorway extension. which passes overhead. Entry is by one of two footbridges, one from just off Farmeloan Road (to the east) and another from Victoria Street (to ...
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David Panton 19/05/2018
John McIntyre 10/01/2019
John McIntyre 10/01/2019
This junction was at the north end of Rutherglen station, lines fanned out here to the terminus built within the triangular junction.
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This junction is north of Rutherglen station. The line from Rutherglen West Junction, to the south west, and Rutherglen Central Junction, to the south east, meet here. To the north the line crosses the River Clyde.
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Bill Roberton //2001
Ewan Crawford 12/06/1987
This yard is on the east side of the lines at the north end of Rutherglen station. Its northern connection is, by reversal, at Rutherglen North Junction and its southern connection is at Rutherglen Central Junction. The yard consists of looped sidings on its west side and dead end sidings on its east side, approached from the south. The dead end sidings were in two groups, the eastern ...
More detailsThis junction was replaced by the present Rutherglen North Junction, the present junction being south of the former Clydebridge Junction (the original Rutherglen North Junction [1st] was further south).
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See also
Glasgow Central Railway
The Switchback (Caledonian Railway)
Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 17/05/1957
This viaduct opened in 1861 with the goods and minerals only Dalmarnock Branch (Caledonian Railway). It was a double track viaduct crossing the River Clyde north of Rutherglen. The viaduct had been built about 1858/9.
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G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 17/05/1957
This seemingly grandiosely named junction was named for the Strathclyde Print Works which was on the north bank of the River Clyde by Dalmarnock House. In 1866 the Dalmarnock Branch (Caledonian Railway) opened from Dalmarnock Junction, Rutherglen, north to Bridgeton Goods, the line passing along the western boundary of the works. The junction was formed in 1877 when the ...
More detailsSee also
Glasgow Central Railway
Dalmarnock Branch Extension (Caledonian Railway)
John Furnevel 01/04/2007
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 17/05/1957
Ewan Crawford //1988
Ewan Crawford //1988
This foundry was on the west side of the Dalmarnock Branch (Caledonian Railway) and Strathclyde Junction. The works was on the south side of Arthur Street.
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Glasgow Central Railway
This goods yard opened in 1861. Bridgeton [1st] was to the north west.
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