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