This junction was formed in 1992 with the opening of the south to east curve of the Cowlairs Chord (British Railways). The chord provides direct access to Cumbernauld for trains from Glasgow Queen Street High Level, formerly commencing from Springburn with a connecting Milngavie-Queen Street Low Level-Springburn shuttle. The original Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway is ...

This mineral yard was on the west side of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway's Cowlairs Incline. Approach was from the north (giving the appearance of three tracks on the incline) with the connection to the main line at the south end of Cowlairs station. The sidings fanned out on the east side of Keppochhill Road.
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This goods and minerals depot was on the east side of Craighall Road in the Port Dundas area. It was on the north side of the City Saw Mills. In addition to several sidings, some running into the saw mills, there were a pair of goods sheds. It was the western extreme of the Port Dundas branch which also served the Pinkston Mineral Yard to the east.
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This large fan of sidings was approached from the north, reached by reversal from Craighall Goods, itself a branch from the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
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This power station generated electricity for the Glasgow Corporation Tramways. It was located on the east side of the Forth and Clyde Canal's Port Dundas Basin and the west side of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway where it entered Cowlairs Tunnel.
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To the north of the St Rollox Chemical Works was the Pinkston Bog. This area became a chemical dump for the works with an ever shifting network of tracks serving the site. It progressively extended north. Much of this was the material 'galligu' (from the alkali works) with an estimated million cubic metres of this chemical being dumped here. This contaminated both the Pinkston Burn and the St ...