Glasgow, Bothwell Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway



Dates

01/11/1877Glasgow, Bothwell Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
Shettleston to Bothwell [North British] opened for goods and minerals.
15/09/1952Glasgow, Bothwell Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
Hamilton [NBR] to Bothwell [North British] (excluded) closed to passengers due to the Craighead Viaduct over the Clyde having been undermined. (Also given as the 13th of September). Signal boxes along route closed but track retained until approx 1955.
11/02/1963Glasgow, Bothwell Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
Allanshaw Foundry to Blantyre Junction [NBR] closed to freight, replaced by a new link at Strathaven Junction (Caledonian) to Blantyre Junction NBR].