Hayhill Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Introduction
This curve was opened by the Caledonian Railway as prior to its opening trains from Glasgow to Stirling had to reverse in Coatbridge.
Dates
| / /1846 | Hayhill Branch (Caledonian Railway) Line authorised. (Not built at this time.) |
| / /1854 | Hayhill Branch (Caledonian Railway) Line authorised. (Not built at this time.) |
| 01/02/1866 | Hayhill Branch (Caledonian Railway) Opened to goods. |
| 01/01/1870 | Buchanan Street Extension (Caledonian Railway) Completion of expansion works at Glasgow Buchanan Street. The station begins to handle traffic from the north, which had previously used Glasgow Queen Street High Level where the Caledonian Railway had a ticket office. (Another improvement, the Hayhill Branch (Caledonian Railway), giving direct access to the north without reversal at Coatbridge [CR], had opened in 1866.) |
| 01/01/1870 | Hayhill Branch (Caledonian Railway) Opened to passengers, with the opening of Glasgow Buchanan Street. |
Locations along the line
These locations are along the line.
This is the junction between the line west to Glasgow via Stepps and east to Cumbernauld (to the north east) and Coatbridge Central (to the south east). The Cumbernauld route is double track, Coatbridge Central route single track.
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See also
Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway
Gartcosh Steelworks (British Steel Corporation)
Bill Roberton 31/08/1985
Ewan Crawford //1999
Ewan Crawford //1987
Ewan Crawford //1987
This signal box was on the north side of the line opposite the Hayhill Brickworks (or Garnqueen Fire Clay Works). The box opened in 1894, the year before the works. The sidings were on the south side making a trailing connection approached from the west. There was a weigh bridge at the yard throat. The box was east of the point of connection of the sidings.
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More detailsThis is a double track junction where the former Caledonian Railway lines from Glasgow and the south meet and continue north to Stirling and beyond.
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See also
Caledonian Railway
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Bill Roberton //1998
Ewan Crawford //1987
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Bill Roberton //1998
