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Dates

09/06/1781George Stephenson
George Stephenson, pioneering railway engineer, born.
  /  /1790Monkland Canal
Andrew Stirling of Drumpellier and William Stirling and Company take over canal and decide to extend it west to the [Forth and Clyde Canal] in Glasgow and east to Calderbank
  /  /1793Monkland Canal
[Forth and Clyde Canal]
Monkland Canal and Forth and Clyde Canal joined by a new section of canal at the Blackhill locks
09/08/1805Joseph Locke
Joseph Locke, railway engineer, born.
  /  /1807Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
William Jessop surveys route on the instructions of the Duke of Portland
27/05/1808Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Act receives Royal assent
  /  /1812Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Opened from Kilmarnock to Troon Harbour by the 4th Duke of Portland
06/07/1812Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Railway opened
  /  /1817Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Trials of a Stephensons locomotive (first railway engine in Scotland)
  /  /1818Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Branch from Drybridge to Peatland colliery opened
03/03/1818Union Canal
First Sod cut at Hopetoun Basin, Edinburgh
  /01/1822Union Canal
First Passenger Vessel sails on Union Canal, Flora MacIver
  /  /1823Joseph Locke
George Stephenson
Joseph Locke was apprenticed to George Stephenson.
  /  /1846Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Transferred to [Glasgow Paisley Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway].
  /  /1846Monkland Canal
[Forth and Clyde Canal]
Monkland Canal taken over by the Forth and Clyde Canal
16/07/1846Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Line leased to the [Glasgow Paisley Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway] and re-gauged for locomotives.
  /  /1847Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway
[Glasgow Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway]
Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway absorbed by Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway.
12/08/1848George Stephenson
George Stephenson, pioneering railway engineer, died.
  /  /1849Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Peatland colliery branch closed
18/09/1860Joseph Locke
Joseph Locke, railway engineer, died.
  /  /1865Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
[Glasgow and South Western Railway]
Kilmarnock and Troon Railway merged with Glasgow and South Western Railway.
  /  /1867Forth and Clyde Canal
[Caledonian Railway]
Forth and Clyde Canal (and various assets such as the [Grangemouth Railway]) bought by Caledonian Railway to compete with the [North British Railway] in the Forth Clyde Valley.
  /  /1873Broxburn Railway
[North British Railway]
Broxburn Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
16/07/1899Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Line bought by [Glasgow and South Western Railway].
01/03/1903Catrine Branch ([Glasgow and South Western Railway])
Line opened.
03/05/1943Catrine Branch ([Glasgow and South Western Railway])
Catrine to Mauchline (Brackenhill Junction) closed to passengers.
06/07/1964Catrine Branch ([Glasgow and South Western Railway])
Catrine to Mauchline (Brackenhill Junction) closed to freight.
03/03/1969Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Barassie to Kilmarnock closed to passengers
03/05/1969Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Kilmarnock No 2 to Barassie Junction closed to Passengers
05/05/1975Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Barassie to Kilmarnock re-opened to passengers (on closure of Annbank to Mauchline to passengers)
  /  /1994ScotRail PLC
ScotRail created during the privatisation of [British Railways].
01/04/1994Railtrack PLC
Railtrack created during the privatisation of [British Railways] and the railway infrastructure transferred to it.