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Monkland Railways

Introduction

In 1848 the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway merges with Ballochney Railway and Slamannan Railway to become Monkland Railways.

Dates

14/08/1848	Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Ballochney Railway Slamannan Railway Monkland Railways Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway merges with Ballochney Railway and Slamannan Railway to become Monkland Railways.
31/12/1855	Railway Clearing House By this date, Cork and Bandon Railway, Crieff Junction Railway, Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, Dublin and Drogheda Railway, Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, Furness Railway, Great Southern and Western Railway, Irish South Eastern Railway, Killarney Junction Railway, Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway, Leven Railway, London and South Western Railway, London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, Monkland Railways, Monmouthshire Railway and Canal, Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, Norfolk Railway, North and South Western Junction Railway, Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, Peebles Railway, Perth and Dunkeld Railway, Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, St Andrews Railway, Ulster and Dundalk Railway, Waterford and Kilkenny Railway and Waterford and Limerick Railway join.
/ /1861	Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway) Line from Rutherglen to Coatbridge with a branch to Whifflet authorised. The Monkland Railways is granted running powers.
/ /1865	General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway Caledonian Railway General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway. Running powers are granted to the City of Glasgow Union Railway, Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, Glasgow and South Western Railway and Monkland Railways.
31/07/1865	Monkland Railways Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Monkland Railways absorbed by Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. In addition to the railways the larger company inherited 27 engines. The following day the larger company was absorbed by the North British Railway.

Books

Vanished Railways of West Lothian