Glasgow Corporation



Dates

  /  /1852Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction Railway
Site at Woodlands sold to Glasgow Corporation for housing and part of Kelvingrove Park.
  /  /1888General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway
Railway into the Tradeston Gas Works agreed between the Caledonian Railway and Glasgow Corporation.
  /  /1891Glasgow Corporation
Buy Temple Gasworks and link them to Dawsholm Gas Works with a tunnel and the Forth and Clyde Canal.
13/10/1898Glasgow Corporation Tramways
First electric tram runs from Springburn to Mitchell Street.
  /  /1899Provan Gas Works
Agreement made between the Caledonian Railway and Glasgow Corporation for access to Provan Gas Works. (Connections from Germiston Junction High, incoming, and Blackhill Junction, outgoing.)
  /  /1901Glasgow Corporation Tramways
Pinkston Power Station under construction.
  /  /1914Clydeside Tramway
Sidings promoted by Glasgow Corporation to Merklands Wharf. (Later withdrawn.)
02/07/1922Glasgow District Subway
Jointly run by Glasgow Corporation Tramways and Glasgow Subway Railway Company.
  /  /1923Glasgow Corporation
Acquires the Glasgow District Subway and Paisley District Tramways.
01/08/1923Glasgow District Subway
Taken over by Glasgow Corporation Tramways.
  /  /1958Glasgow Corporation Tramways
Pinkston Power Station transferred to the South of Scotland Electricity Board.
02/09/1962Glasgow Corporation Tramways
Last timetabled tram runs from Dalmuir West to Auchenshuggle.
04/09/1962Glasgow Corporation Tramways
Special trams run before closure.