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/ /	Herbertshire Paper Mill Established by William Forbes in Denny.
/ /	[Maryport and Carlisle Railway] Abbey Holme dates unknown.
/ /	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Abbey of Deer Platform dates unknown.
/ /	[Great North of England Railway] [Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway] York and Newcastle Railway The Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway buys the Great North of England Railway and becomes the York and Berwick Railway.
/ /	North British Steel Foundry Ltd (Bathgate)
/ /1505	Birth of John Knox
/ /1542	Birth of Mary, Queen of Scots
/ /1566	Birth of James VI
/ /1600	Birth of Charles I
/ /1630	Birth of Charles II
/ /1633	Birth of James II Brother of Charles II
/ /1638	The Scottish Covenanters assert their Right, under God, to national sovereignty
/ /1650	Birth of William of Orange
/ /1662	Birth of Mary
/ /1665	Birth of Anne
/ /1695	Sir Humphrey Mackworth Establishes a tramway from his copperworks and mines to a harbour at Neath.
18/09/1709	Birth of Doctor Samuel Johnson
/ /1714	Coronation of George I (Start of House of Hanover)
/ /1714	Tea is imported to the British American Colonies
01/08/1714	Death of Anne (End of House of Stuart)
/ /1715	Jacobite Rebellion under James Francis Edward Stuart
/ /1719	Elphinstone Pit, Airth Early steam pumping engine installed at this salt mine.
/ /1720	Birth of Charles Edward Stuart
/ /1720	Gartmorn Dam Reservoir built by the Earl of Mar to power mines, and later provide water for Alloa.
/ /1730	Dalwhinnie to Fort Augustus Military Road Road built
/ /1733	Road complete
04/06/1738	Birth of George III
/ /1743	Arthurs Oon Roman building at Carron demolished by Sir Michael Bruce.
/ /1744	Dumbarton to Inverary Military Road Construction commences
19/08/1745	Jacobite Rebellion under Charles Edward Stuart The Princes standard raised at Glenfinnan
19/08/1745	Charles Edward Stewart Standard raised at Glenfinnan
/ /1748	Stirling to Fort William Military Road Construction commences
/ /1748	Coupar Angus to Fort George Military Road Construction commences
/ /1750	Dumbarton to Inverary Military Road Road complete
/ /1750	Huntly to Portsoy Military Road Road built
/ /1753	Stirling to Fort William Military Road Road complete
/ /1753	Coupar Angus to Fort George Military Road Road complete
/ /1755	Fort Augustus to Bernera Military Road Construction commences
/ /1756	Start of seven years war
25/01/1759	Birth of Robert Burns
/ /1760	Bridge of Sark to Portpatrick Military Road Road built.
/ /1762	Birth of George IV
/ /1763	Fort Augustus to Bernera Military Road Road complete
/ /1765	Birth of William IV
/ /1765	Cyfartha Ironworks Established by Anthony Bacon.
/ /1768	Royal Academy of Arts founded
08/03/1768	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Act receives Royal assent
10/06/1768	[Forth and Clyde Canal] First sod cut by Sir Lawrence Dundas
/ /1769	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Roman house found at Castlecary while searching for construction stones.
/ /1770	Port Dundas Road Waggon-road authorised
/ /1770	Dumbarton to Stirling Military Road Construction commences
/ /1770	Dumbarton to Stirling Military Road Construction commences
16/12/1770	Birth of Ludwig van Beethoven in Bonn
/08/1771	[Forth and Clyde Canal] More Roman remains found at Castlecary
/ /1772	First Partition of Poland between Russia, Prussia and Austria
/ /1773	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Water let into the canal from Grangemouth to Kirkintilloch.
/ /1773	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Port established on Canal at Hillhead, Kirkintilloch, as the Aqueduct over the Luggie had not been completed
17/12/1773	Boston tea Party (America declares independence in 3 years)
/ /1775	Cyfartha Works Established by Anthony Bacon
/ /1775	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Water let into the canal from Kirkintilloch to Stockingfield (Glasgow)
/ /1775	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Water let into the canal from Stockingfield to Hamiltonhill
/ /1775	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Construction workforce join army (American War of Independence) which delays construction
14/04/1775	American War of Independence starts Governor Gage ordered to enforce the Coercive Acts using all necessary force
/ /1779	Beaufort Ironworks Lease to the Kendall family of land between Beaufort and Gilwern.
/ /1780	Dumbarton to Stirling Military Road Road complete
/ /1780	Beaufort Ironworks Opened.
/ /1782	John Robertson Born
/ /1783	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Track boats Glasgow and Lady Charlotte operate between Grangemouth and Glasgow for goods and passengers.
/ /1785	Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom.
/ /1786	Cyfartha Works Leased by Richard Crawshay
/ /1786	Fort William to Glencoe Military Road Road built
/ /1789	Start of French Revolution
/ /1789	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Twin-hull paddle steamer, Experiment, tried by William Symington on canal
31/08/1790	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Canal opened from Stockingfield to Bowling. The sloop Agnes becomes the first vessel to sail from Grangemouth to Bowling.
/ /1791	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Hamiltonhill to Port Dundas opened
/ /1793	Port Dundas Waggon-Road Waggon-road opened from Port Dundas to Glasgow, may have had rails. Financed by owner of [Shotts Ironworks], J Baird.
/ /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
/ /1794	Cyfartha Works Richard Crawshay buys works.
/ /1796	Death of Robert Burns
/ /1799	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Hillend reservoir built for water supply, thought to be the largest reservoir in the world at the time
/ /1799	[Beaufort Ironworks Tramway] Opened from Crumlin to Beaufort Ironworks.
/ /1802	Charlotte Dundas, first practical steamship, on [Forth and Clyde Canal] Engine built by William Symington
/ /1804	Henry Houldsworth & Co Establish cotton mill at Anderston, with attached machine shops
/ /1804	Bonaparte becomes Emperor
/ /1807	Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart dies and leaves crown jewels of Scotland to George IV
/ /1810	Perth to Perth Prison Military Road Last Military road built in Scotland
/ /1811	Grangemouth Port Graving dock constructed by Lord Dundas.
/ /1812	Henry Bell John Robertson David Napier The steam-powered Comet sails from Helensburgh to Greenock. Hull built by John Wood & Co of Port Glasgow, Steam engine by John Robertson and the boiler by David Napier
/ /1815	Robert Napier Starts own business
/ /1816	Port Dundas Road Waggonway Port Dundas Road, Glasgow, laid with rails by John Baird of Shotts for the [Forth and Clyde Canal] from Port Dundas to Glasgow. Replaced the scheme of 1793.
/ /1819	Birth of Queen Victoria
/ /1821	George and William Bertram Form company to make machinery for the paper industry
/ /1821	Robert Napier Takes over Camlachie works
/ /1825	Dumbarton Glassworks £120,000 customs duty paid for 1825 to 1826.
/ /1825	Cyfartha Castle Built by William Crawshay II.
/ /1830	Forth and Clyde Canal Branch to the Lennoxtown Alum Works proposed, not built
/ /1830	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Some canal boats fitted with rails, at the suggestion of Thomas Grahame
/ /1831	Dumbarton Glassworks Works closed shortly after the death of Jacob Dixon
01/06/1832	Hartlepool Dock and Railway Act passed for line from Moorsley, by Houghton-le-Spring, to Hartlepool and for construction of a dock at Hartlepool. Branches from Shotton to Ittington (Littletown branch), Shadforth to Thornley, and Castle Eden to Cassop were included. Not all lines were built as planned.
/ /1833	Beaufort Ironworks Crawshay Bailey buys ironworks for �45,000. Beaufort starts to supply iron for the mills at Nantyglo.
16/06/1834	Hartlepool Dock and Railway City of Durham branch authorised from Pittington branch at Ludworth to Gilsgate by Durham. Line not built.
/ /1835	Newport Dock Company Newport Town Dock authorised.
01/01/1835	Hartlepool Dock and Railway Thornley branch reaches Thornley.
23/11/1835	Hartlepool Dock and Railway Hartlepool to Haswell opened. Line to Moorsley not completed. Littletown branch terminated between Thornley and Ludworth.
/ /1836	[Great North of England Railway] Authorised from York to Newcastle
/ /1836	[York and North Midland Railway] Company incorporated.
/ /1836	Newcastle and North Shields Railway Act passed
/ /1836	Robert Napier Takes over Lancefield Quay works
04/07/1836	[Great North of England Railway] Act for line between Redhaugh Quay, Gateshead, and Croft, Darlington and on to York.
/ /1837	[Beaufort Ironworks Tramway] Passenger station by Victoria Ironworks and Ebbw Vale Company's Victoria Colliery called Victoria.
03/07/1837	The Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Act passed for short (8.5 miles) Wingate to Ferryhill line.
/ /1838	[Wigan Branch Railway] [Preston and Wigan Railway] [North Union Railway] Wigan Branch Railway and Preston and Wigan Railway merge to form the North Union Railway.
/ /1838	Robert Napier Receives order to build engines for the Royal Navy
/ /1839	Grangemouth Port First steamboat to be built at the port.
/ /1839	[York and North Midland Railway] Line opened.
/ /1839	Newcastle and North Shields Railway Line opened
/ /1839	Robert Napier Samuel Cunard Cunard places orders for the engines to his ships with Napier
18/03/1839	Hartlepool Dock and Railway Cassop branch partly opened although rest of line partly prepared.
18/03/1839	The Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Wingate to Kelloe Bank opened. Bank was originally a rope worked incline.
/05/1839	Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Construction begins without Act. Line built to extend [Clarence Railway] to the better Victoria Dock of the [Hartlepool Dock and Railway]. Port Clarence was tidal.
/ /1840	Gartness Iron works Opened
12/12/1840	Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Opened to freight.
/ /1841	[Great North of England Railway] Line opened from York to Darlington. The Darlington to Newcastle powers are transferred to the [Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway].
/ /1841	Birth of Edward VII
/ /1841	Robert Napier Buys land in Govan for iron shipyard
09/02/1841	Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Opened to passengers.
05/10/1841	[Great North of England Railway] Powers from Darlington to Gateshead relinquished to Robert Davies, James Richardson and John Hotham of York acting on behalf of the [Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway].
/ /1842	Newport Dock Company Newport Town Dock opened.
30/06/1842	Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Act passed to legalise the company.
10/05/1844	[Midland Counties Railway] [Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway] [North Midland Railway] [Midland Railway] George Hudson encourages the Midland Counties Railway, Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway and North Midland Railway to merge to become the Midland Railway.
23/05/1844	Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Forms the Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock Company to build a new dock at Stranton near Hartlepool.
07/07/1844	[North British Railway] Act receives Royal assent. Alternative date 4/7/1844.
/ /1845	Gartness Iron works Taken over by Monkland Iron and Steel Company
/ /1845	James Bertram Forms a company to make machinery for the paper industry
/ /1845	[York and Scarborough Line] ([York and North Midland Railway]) Opened from York to Scarborough
/ /1845	[Marquis of Lothians Waggonway] [North British Railway] Waggonway purchased by the North British Railway.
/ /1845	Dundee and Perth Railway Act receives Royal assent
/ /1845	[Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Act receives Royal assent.
/ /1845	[Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (as yet unbuilt) absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1845	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Company formed.
21/07/1845	[York and North Midland Railway] Act for a branch from Church Fenton to Harrogate via Wetherby.
21/07/1845	[Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway] Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway merged with the North British Railway.
31/07/1845	Edinburgh and Northern Railway Act receives Royal assent. Mainline from Burntisland to Perth via Ladybank. Branches from Ladybank to Cupar and Kirkcaldy to the harbour. The Perth station was to be by the Dundee and Perth Railway station.
24/11/1845	~[London and North Western Railway] Adlington opened
/ /1846	Robert Douglas Founded in Cupar by Robert Douglas
/ /1846	Forth Ironworks, Oakley Opened
/ /1846	[Forth Ironworks Railway] Ironworks opened with 7 blast furnaces.
/ /1846	Abertillery Tinplate Works Opened.
/ /1846	[Great Northern Railway] London and York Railway incorporated.
/ /1846	Monkland Canal [Forth and Clyde Canal] Monkland Canal taken over by the Forth and Clyde Canal
/ /1846	Direct Northern Railway Incorporated.
/ /1846	[Great Northern Railway] Great Northern Railway formed by a fusion of the London and York Railway and the Direct Northern Railway.
/ /1846	[Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway] Act receives Royal assent
01/01/1846	[London and North Western Railway] [London and Birmingham Railway], [Grand Junction Railway] and [Manchester and Birmingham Railway] merge to form the London and North Western Railway.
16/06/1846	[North Berwick Branch] ([North British Railway]) Act passed
18/06/1846	[North British Railway] Opened from Edinburgh North Bridge to Berwick and the branch from Longniddry to Haddington.
26/06/1846	[North Western Railway] Act passed.
26/06/1846	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Act receives Royal assent. The route was to be Aberdeen to Inverness with Grange to Banff and Portsoy, Orton to Garmouth, Alves to Burghhead branches.
27/07/1846	[North Wales Mineral Railway] [Shrewsbury Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway] [Shrewsbury and Chester Railway] North Wales Mineral Railway merges with the Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway to form the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway.
03/08/1846	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Incorporated. Tramroads the Llanvihangel Railway, Grosmont Railway and Hereford Railway purchased.
26/08/1846	[North London Railway] Act passed for the East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway
/10/1846	The Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Passenger service begin between Hartlepool and Ferryhill.
31/12/1846	[North Western Railway] First sod cut.
/ /1847	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Act for [Taff Vale Extension] passed. Line from Coedygric North Junction to the [Taff Vale Railway] at Quakers' Yard.
/ /1847	[Harrogate Branch] ([York and North Midland Railway]) Opened from Church Fenton to Spofforth
/ /1847	[Musselburgh Branch] ([North British Railway]) [Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway] [Musselburgh Branch] opened and Fisherrow closed to passengers.
/ /1847	[Aberdeen Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] Fusion Act made available to merge the Aberdeen Railway with the Great North of Scotland Railway (not used)
01/06/1847	Hartlepool West Harbour and Railway Opens new dock. Traffic to Port Clarence was to reduce causing friction between the [Clarence Railway] and the [Stockton and Hartlepool Railway].
14/07/1847	Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway) Portobello East Junction to Niddrie South Junction, Cairney to Millerhill, re-alignment at Sheriffhall and Dalhousie to Gorebridge opened.
27/07/1847	[Edinburgh Leith and Newhaven Railway] [Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway absorbed by Edinburgh and Northern Railway.
17/09/1847	Edinburgh and Northern Railway Opened from Burntisland to Lindores and Cupar. Stations at Burntisland [1st], Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Sinclairtown, Dysart, Thornton, Markinch, Falkland Road, Kingskettle, Ladybank, Collessie, Lindores [1st], Springfield and Cupar.
09/12/1847	Edinburgh and Northern Railway Extended from Lindores [1st] to Glenburnie. Glenburnie opened and Lindores [1st] closed. (Lindores [1st] may also have been known as Abdie?)
/ /1848	Dundee and Perth Railway Scottish Central Railway Dundee and Perth Railway absorbed by Scottish Central Railway.
/ /1848	[North British Railway] Trinity College Church, Edinburgh, pulled down to make room for North Bridge station.
/ /1848	Robert Napier Buys the Parkhead forge for his sons James R. Napier and John Napier
/ /1848	[Harrogate Branch] ([York and North Midland Railway]) Line extended from Spofforth to Harrogate (Brunswick)
/ /1848	[Great Northern Railway] Louth to Grimsby opened. Stations at: Grimsby, Waltham, Holton Village Halt, Holton Le Clay, North Thoresby, Ludborough, Utterby Halt, Fotherby Halt, Louth.
01/05/1848	[Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Line extended from Gorebridge to Bowland.
18/05/1848	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Extended from Glenburnie to Abernethy Road. Stations at Newburgh [1st] and Abernethy Road opened. Glenburnie closed.
12/06/1848	#Tiverton Branch# ([Bristol and Exeter Railway]) Opened.
22/07/1848	Hartlepool Dock and Railway The Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Both companies leased by the York Newcastle and Berwick Railway at George Hudson's instruction.
24/07/1848	~Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway Ainsdale opened
25/07/1848	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Opened from Abernethy Road to Hilton Junction. Stations at Abernethy and Bridge of Earn [1st] opened, Abernethy Road closed. (Alternative date for Bridge of Earn - 18th.)
/09/1848	[London and North Western Railway] Consideration of abandoning Leamington to Rugby line promoted by the former Rugby and Leamington Railway.
/ /1849	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Shortened route from Keith to Kittybrewster proposed.
/ /1849	[Great Northern Railway] Peterborough to Doncaster via Lincoln and Boston opened.
/04/1849	Edinburgh and Northern Railway[Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway] The Edinburgh and Northern Railway becomes the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway.
20/04/1849	[Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Line opened from Bowland to Hawick.
30/07/1849	[North Western Railway] Skipton to Ingleton opened.
13/08/1849	[North Berwick Branch] ([North British Railway]) Opened from Drem Junction to Williamston
13/12/1849	[Dunfermline Branch] ([Edinburgh and Northern Railway]) [Dunfermline Branch] opened from Thornton Junction to Dunfermline. Stations opened at Halbeath.
/ /1850	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Authorisation to extend the line from Kittybrewster to Guild Street given. This was allowed to lapse.
/ /1850	[London and North Western Railway] Work resumes on the Rugby to Leamington Spa branch.
/ /1850	Thankerton Colliery (Holytown) Sunk by John McAndrew and Company
/ /1850	Fordell Railway Edinburgh and Northern Railway Link from Fordell Railway to Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway opened.
/ /1850	Herbertshire Colliery Opened in Denny for ironstone by Robert Addie and Sons
/ /1850	[Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway] Turntable installed at Balloch, to the north west of Balloch Central.
/ /1850	Gilmerton Pit (Gilmerton) Opened by RBW Ramsay
/ /1850	[Great Northern Railway] Peterborough to Maiden Lane, London, opened.
/ /1850	[Great Northern Railway] Doncaster to York via Askern (immediately north-west of Doncaster on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway) opened. GNR uses L&Y line from 4 miles north of Doncaster to Knottingley.
/ /1850	Bute Merthyr Colliery Tests of the deep seems at Bute Merthyr Colliery, Treherbert, prove that mining here (and also at Ystrad) will prove profitable.
17/05/1850	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Opened from Cupar to Ferry-Port-on-Craig for passengers. Stations opened at Dairsie, Leuchars [1st], Ferry-Port-on-Craig opened.
17/06/1850	[North Berwick Branch] ([North British Railway]) Line opened completely to North Berwick
15/07/1850	[Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway] Opened from Balloch via Dumbarton to Bowling on the River Clyde, and beside the Forth and Clyde Canal. Steamers ran in connection with the line on Loch Lomond and the River Clyde.
07/08/1850	[Great Northern Railway] Opened throughout. Route: London to Boston to Lincoln (not via Peterborough to Retford) to Knottingley on North Midland Railway and not York itself.
28/08/1850	[Stirling and Dunfermline Railway] [Forth Ironworks Railway] Opened from Dunfermline to Alloa for passengers. A branch to Alloa harbour station from Alloa was used for passengers traveling on to Stirling by boats along the forth. A connection to the [Forth Ironworks Railway] was made at Oakley.
26/09/1850	[North London Railway] Bow Junction (Blackwall Railway) to Islington opened
07/12/1850	[North London Railway] Extended to Camden Town (now Camden Road)
21/12/1850	[Beaufort Ironworks Tramway] Aberbeeg opened
/ /1851	[London and North Western Railway] Rugby to Leamington Spa opened as a single track railway.
/ /1851	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Ferry-Port-on-Craig renamed Tay Port.
27/01/1851	[Kelso Branch] ([North British Railway]) Wallace Nick station, by Kelso, closed.
09/06/1851	[North London Railway] Extended to Hampstead Road (now the closed Primrose Hill)
/ /1852	West Hartlepool Harbour and Railways Company incorporated
/ /1852	[Great Northern Railway] Kings Cross opened.
/06/1852	[North Western Railway] Line worked by [Midland Railway].
30/06/1852	Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Hartlepool West Harbour and Railway Merger authorised by Parliament along with lease or purchase of the [Clarence Railway].
01/07/1852	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Leuchars [1st] renamed Leuchars Junction on the opening of the St Andrews Railway.
/10/1852	[Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Newstead station closed
25/11/1852	[Great North of Scotland Railway] First Sod cut at Westhall near Oyne.
/ /1853	[Forth and Clyde Junction Railway] Act receives Royal assent.
/ /1853	West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Diverts trains from Stockton station on the North Shore Branch to Stockton North station on the [Leeds and Thirsk Railway]. (The company controlled the former [Clarence Railway] and Stockton and Hartlepool Railwayy).
/ /1853	[Great Northern Railway] Works at Doncaster opened.
/ /1853	[Great Northern Railway] Peterborough to Grantham to Retford line opened. Stations at: Rossington, Bawtry, Ranskill, Barnby Moor & Sutton, Retford, Tuxford North, Crow Park, Carlton-on-Trent, Newark, Claypole, Hougham, Barkston, Grantham, Great Ponton, Corby Glen, Little Bytham, Essendine, Tallington.
01/01/1853	[North London Railway] Renamed as the North London Railway
17/05/1853	Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Hartlepool West Harbour and Railway [Clarence Railway] Merge to become the West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company
/ /1854	Fort William Last garrison leaves fort.
/ /1854	Robert Douglas Move to Kirkcaldy
/ /1854	Start of Crimean War
/ /1854	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Authorisation to build line from Kittybrewster to Aberdeen Waterloo given.
/ /1854	West Hartlepool Harbour and Railways Line opened
/ /1854	[York and North Midland Railway] Malton and Driffield Railway [York Newcastle and Berwick Railway] [Leeds and Thirsk Railway] West Hartlepool Harbour and Railways [North Eastern Railway] Companies merge to form the North Eastern Railway.
02/01/1854	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Abergavenny opened.
02/01/1854	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Opened from Hereford (Barton) to Coedygric on the [Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company]. Worked by the [London and North Western Railway].
10/07/1854	Perth and Dunkeld Railway Act receives Royal assent for a railway from Stanley (on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway) to Dunkeld.
/09/1854	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Huntly to Kittybrewster inspected.
12/09/1854	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Huntly to Kittybrewster opened to freight. Passing places at: Kittybrewster, Kintore, Inverurie, Insch and Huntly.
19/09/1854	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Huntly to Kittybrewster official opening.
20/09/1854	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Aberdeen Kittybrewster opened.
20/09/1854	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Huntly to Kittybrewster opened to passengers. Stations at: Kittybrewster, Buxsburn, Dyce, Kintore, Inverurie, Pitcaple, Oyne, Insch, Kennethmont, Gartly, Huntly
01/12/1854	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Kinaldie, Buchanstone and Wardhouse opened.
31/12/1854	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Takes over its own working.
/ /1855	[Monmouthshire Canal Tramway] [Beaufort Ironworks Tramway] [Blaina Branch] Converted to standard gauge and passenger services commence between Newport and Nantyglo.
/ /1855	Durham and Sunderland Railway Hartlepool Dock and Railway Following a [North Eastern Railway] study of Sunderland to Hartlepool services a connection at Haswell, alterations at Seaton and Murton and a new staton for Sunderland are recommended.
25/05/1855	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Keith to Huntly authorised.
15/08/1855	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Act receives Royal assent
24/09/1855	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Kittybrewster to Aberdeen Waterloo opened to goods. Kittybrewster rebuilt on Waterloo line.
/ /1856	[Aberdeen Railway] [Scottish Midland Junction Railway] [Scottish North Eastern Railway] Aberdeen Railway merged with Scottish Midland Junction Railway to become Scottish North Eastern Railway.
/ /1856	Perth Almond Valley and Methven Railway Act receives Royal assent.
/ /1856	South Wales Colliery Partnerships start to form Powell Duffryn, Ocean Coal and Cory's are formed.
/ /1856	Port Clarence to Middlesbrough Ferry Private Ferry taken over by Middlesbrough Town Council.
18/03/1856	[Forth and Clyde Junction Railway] Railway opened from Stirling to Buchlyvie.
01/04/1856	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Kittybrewster to Waterloo opened completely (with horse tramway to the [Aberdeen Railway]s terminus at Guild street).
01/04/1856	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Aberdeen Kittybrewster closed.
01/04/1856	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Aberdeen Waterloo opened.
07/04/1856	Perth and Dunkeld Railway Perth and Dunkeld Railway opened. Operated by the Scottish Midland Junction Railway.
26/05/1856	[Forth and Clyde Junction Railway] Opened throughout, operated by the [North British Railway].
10/10/1856	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Huntly to Keith opened. Stations at: Huntly, Rothiemay, Grange and Keith.
/ /1857	[Stockport Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway] Opened from Stockport to Whaley Bridge
/ /1857	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Inveramsay opened.
/ /1857	Sharp Stewart & Co, Manchester James Reid joins company
27/06/1857	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Act receives Royal assent.
27/07/1857	[Penarth Harbour and Dock Railway] Ely Tidal Harbour and Railway renamed Penarth Harbour and Dock Railway. Dock and Tidal Harbour to be built and line from Penarth Junction (at Radyr) on the [Taff Vale Railway] to the dock. Crawshay Bailey was chairman.
17/08/1857	[Portpatrick Railway] Act receives Royal assent.
12/11/1857	Bridport Railway Maiden Newton to Bridport opened.
/ /1858	Newport Town Dock Expanded from 5 acres to 11.5 acres.
/ /1858	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Woodside opened.
/ /1858	[Brecon and Merthyr Railway] Bill presented for line to Dowlais. Backed by the de Wintons and other Brecon bankers. Also backed by GT Clark of the Dowlais Iron Company and John Boyle of the [Rhymney Railway]. Engineer: Henry Conybeare.
/ /1858	[Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway] Balloch turntable replaced.
/ /1858	[Great Northern Railway] [Midland Railway] start to make use of the line from Hitchin to London.
01/02/1858	[North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway] Opened from Stokesley to Ingleby.
06/04/1858	[Rosedale Branch] ([North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway]) The Ingleby Mining Company builds a line from Ingleby Junction to Ingleby Greenhow.
28/05/1858	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Helensburgh opened
28/05/1858	Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway Opened as single track from Cowlairs Junction to Bowling and Dalreoch Junction to Helensburgh. Due to a disagreement over station access charges between the company and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway the first trains ran to Buchanan Street using the Sighthill Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) and a connection at St Rollox with the Buchanan Street Extension (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway) line. The disagreement was resolved a month later.
23/07/1858	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Act receives Royal ascent. (Dyce to Peterhead, Mintlaw to Fraserburgh, branch to Ellon).
23/07/1858	[Rosedale Branch] ([North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway]) An Act for the extension of the line to Rosedale. The Ingleby Mining Companys line had been bought by the [North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway], which itself was to be purchased by the [North Eastern Railway] shortly afterwards.
/ /1859	[Warkworth Extension] ([Blyth and Tyne Railway]) Opened from Bedlington to North Seaton Colliery
/ /1859	[Selkirk and Galashiels Railway] [North British Railway] Selkirk and Galashiels Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1859	[Rosedale Branch] ([North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway]) Construction of the extension begins.
/ /1859	Robert Napier Gains sole control of the Parkhead Forge from his sons
/ /1859	[North Western Railway] Line leased by [Midland Railway].
/ /1859	[Penarth Harbour and Dock Railway] Tidal Harbour opened.
/ /1859	[Northampton and Market Harborough Branch] ([London and North Western Railway]) Line opened with stations at Lamport, Brixworth, Spratton, Pitsford & Brampton.
19/04/1859	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Ellon deviation authorised.
30/07/1859	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Line opened (including Portsoy harbour); stations at Knock, Cornhill, Tillynaught, Ladysbridge, Banff and Portsoy. Conditional halts were at Barry, Ordens and Millegan.
01/08/1859	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] Company incorporated. Backed by Crawshay Bailey of Nantyglo, James Hill of Blaenavon and Thomas Brown of Ebbw Vale. Engineer; John Gardner.
/ /1860	[Border Counties Railway] [North British Railway] Border Counties Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1860	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Great North of Scotland Railway sells its [Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway] shares.
/ /1860	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Kittybrewster to Dyce doubled (but not used).
/ /1860	[Jedburgh Railway] [North British Railway] Jedburgh Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1860	AJ Stewart & Menzies Formed in Glasgow to make gas, water and steam tubes, later moving to Coatbridge and then to Corby
/ /1860	[Grangemouth Railway] ([Forth and Clyde Canal] Company) Line opened to goods. Worked by the [Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway].
/ /1860	Port-Downie Shipyards opened. (1860s).
/ /1860	[Rosedale Branch] ([North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway]) Construction of the extension continues.
/ /1860	West Midland Railway [Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] [Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway] Worcester and Hereford Railway [Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway], [Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway] and Worcester and Hereford Railway merged to form the West Midland Railway.
/ /1860	William Baird & Company [Forth and Clyde Canal] Open mines at Twechar, railway swing bridge laid across [Forth and Clyde Canal] near Twechar for line which ran from Kilsyth to Waterside on the [Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway].
/ /1860	Quarter Colliery Opened in Dunipace by William Baird and Company for ironstone and later coal
/ /1860	Gartshore Pits 9 and 11 Sunk by William Baird and Company to the south of the [Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]
01/06/1860	[Ingleton Branch] ([London and North Western Railway]) Ingleton to Low Gill opened.
18/06/1860	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] First sod cut.
01/08/1860	~[London and North Western Railway] Adderley Park opened
/ /1861	Kinross-shire Railway Edinburgh and Northern Railway Kinross-shire Railway absorbed by Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway.
/ /1861	[Grangemouth Railway] ([Forth and Clyde Canal] Company) Line opened to passengers.
/ /1861	[Portpatrick Railway] Glenluce viaduct completed.
/ /1861	Fife and Kinross Railway Edinburgh and Northern Railway Fife and Kinross Railway absorbed by the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway.
11/03/1861	[Portpatrick Railway] Stranraer Town to Castle Douglas ([Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway]) formally opened.
12/03/1861	Portpatrick Railway [Stranraer Town]] to Castle Douglas opened to the public. Most of the line was single track. Stations at; Stranraer, Glenluce, Kirkcowan, Newton Stewart, Creetown, New Galloway, Parton and Crossmichael.
27/03/1861	[Rosedale Branch] ([North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway]) Line reaches Rosedale.
01/05/1861	[Porthywaen Branch] Branch opened to the Porthywaen Lime Quarries
/06/1861	[Portpatrick Railway] Loch Skerrow Halt opened.
01/07/1861	[Portpatrick Railway] Castle Kennedy, Dunragit, Palnure opened.
18/07/1861	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Opened from Dyce ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) to Mintlaw.
18/07/1861	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Double track from Kittybrewster to Dyce brought into use on opened of [Formartine and Buchan Railway].
22/07/1861	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Act obtained for a line between Dunkeld and Forres, and Ballinluig to Aberfeldy. Engineer: Joseph Mitchell.
/09/1861	[Portpatrick Railway] Dromore opened.
17/10/1861	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway First sod cut.
08/11/1861	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] Agreement reached for lease for 1000 years by the [London and North Western Railway].
/ /1862	Robert Napier Builds Scotia for Cunard, their last Paddle Steamer
/ /1862	Team Valley Railway ([North Eastern Railway]) Act for a line between Gateshead and Bishop Auckland Branch north of Durham.
/ /1862	Albert Harbour (Greenock) Construction begins
/ /1862	[Harrogate Branch] ([York and North Midland Railway]) Harrogate (Brunswick) closed
/ /1862	[Cowes and Newport Railway] Opened.
01/06/1862	[North British Railway] Hawick Junction (at Portobello) becomes Portobello East Junction.
03/06/1862	[Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Monktonhall to Hardengreen authorised with branch to Macmerry.
01/07/1862	[Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Hawick [1st] closed to passengers on opening of the [Border Union Railway (North British Railway)].
03/07/1862	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Mintlaw to Peterhead opened.
17/07/1862	[Newcastle and Carlisle Railway] [North Eastern Railway] Newcastle and Carlisle Railway merges with the North Eastern Railway.
29/07/1862	Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway North British Railway Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway absorbed by the North British Railway.
29/07/1862	[West of Fife Mineral Railway][North British Railway] West of Fife Railway absorbed by the North British Railway.
07/08/1862	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] Lease agreement with [London and North Western Railway] confirmed by Act.
07/08/1862	[Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Crew Junction ([Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway])) to Leith Western Docks authorised.
14/08/1862	[Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway] Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway absorbed by [North British Railway]?
14/08/1862	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] [Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway] Absorbed by Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
28/08/1862	[Portpatrick Railway] Portpatrick to Stranraer opened. Stations at; Colfin and Portpatrick.
29/09/1862	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] Opened from Abergavenny to Brynmawr.
01/10/1862	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] Abergavenny Brecon Road opened.
01/10/1862	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Abergavenny Junction opened.
01/10/1862	[Portpatrick Railway] Stranraer Harbour opened. The Stranraer and Larne Steamboat Company starts a service between the ports in its title.
01/10/1862	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway], [London and North Western Railway] [London and North Western Railway] takes possession of the [Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway].
/ /1863	[Portpatrick Railway] The [Caledonian Railway]s [Dumfries Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway] is opened giving the company access to Dumfries. In response the [Portpatrick Railway] applies for running powers over the [Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway] to Dumfries and the [Caledonian Railway] negotiates running the [Portpatrick Railway], which the [Glasgow and South Western Railway] had considered was within its territory.
/ /1863	[Portpatrick Railway] Stranraer and Larne Steamboat Company services are suspended as too expensive.
/ /1863	Robert Douglas Build a Corliss engine for a papermill by the Water of Leith
/ /1863	[Stockport Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway] Extended from Whaley Bridge to Buxton
/ /1863	[North British Railway] Buy Charlestown Harbour and extend it east.
/ /1863	[Dundee and Arbroath Railway] [Scottish North Eastern Railway] Dundee and Arbroath Railway absorbed by Scottish North Eastern Railway.
/ /1863	Perth and Dunkeld Railway Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Perth and Dunkeld Railway absorbed by Inverness and Perth Junction Railway (Also given as 1864, 28 February).
/ /1863	[Wansbeck Railway] [North British Railway] Wansbeck Railway absorbed by [North British Railway].
/ /1863	[Northumberland Central Railway] Act receives Royal assent
/ /1863	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] [West Midland Railway] builds platforms north of the south facing junction with the [Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway].
/ /1863	[Stockton and Darlington Railway] [North Eastern Railway] Stockton and Darlington Railway absorbed by the [North Eastern Railway].
/ /1863	Sharp Stewart & Co, Manchester James Reid leaves company
01/05/1863	[Brecon and Merthyr Railway] Brecon to Pant opened.
01/06/1863	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Dunkeld to Pitlochry opened. Dunkeld (Perth and Dunkeld Railway) becomes a through station (the north wall of the overall trainshed was removed).
01/06/1863	Perth and Dunkeld Railway Dunkeld station becomes a through station on the opening of the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway.
01/07/1863	[Portpatrick Railway] Dromore re-named Gatehouse.
01/07/1863	[Montrose and Bervie Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] [Aberdeen Junction Railway] Circumbendibus project proposed between the Great North of Scotland Railway and the Montrose and Bervie Railway to provide a new route to the south. This receives Royal assent and would have been called the [Aberdeen Junction Railway].
01/07/1863	[Montrose and Bervie Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] [Aberdeen Junction Railway] Circumbendibus project ([Aberdeen Junction Railway]) project abandoned. Montrose and Bervie Railway shares sold by the Great North of Scotland Railway.
21/07/1863	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Junction for Fraserburgh re-authorised as Maud in place of Mintlaw.
21/07/1863	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Line re-named Banffshire Railway.
21/07/1863	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Extension from Portsoy to Portgordon authorised.
03/08/1863	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Forres to Aviemore opened.
09/09/1863	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Line opened from Pitlochry to Aviemore, thus throughout from Inverness to Perth.
/ /1864	Duncan Stewart & Co Established to build textile printing machines, later build steel mill equipment
/ /1864	Perth and Dunkeld Railway Rohallion closed.
/ /1864	Perth Almond Valley and Methven Railway Scottish North Eastern Railway Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway absorbed by the Scottish North Eastern Railway.
/ /1864	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Conditional halts closed.
/ /1864	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Dava station opened.
/ /1864	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Trains start to serve the newer Abergavenny station by reversing at the south facing junction to the south of it.
17/02/1864	[Portpatrick Railway] [Caledonian Railway] takes over running of the [Portpatrick Railway]. The smaller company had eight engines and the larger company added some of its own engines.
28/02/1864	Perth and Dunkeld Railway Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Perth and Dunkeld Railway absorbed by Inverness and Perth Junction Railway (Also given as 1863).
01/03/1864	[London and North Western Railway, South Wales] Extension from Brynmawr to Nantybwch.
01/09/1864	[Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leith line opened.
01/09/1864	[Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Pilton Junction West to Pilton Junction East opened.
/ /1865	[Rumney Railway], [Brecon and Merthyr Railway] Rumney Railway purchased by the Brecon and Merthyr Railway.
/ /1865	[Portpatrick Railway] [Caledonian Railway] experiments with a Stranraer to Belfast service.
/ /1865	[Rosedale Branch] ([North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway]) Line opened in the east of the valley.
/ /1865	[Penarth Harbour and Dock Railway] Dock opened.
/ /1865	Birth of George V
/ /1865	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Financial difficulties arise - no share dividends paid until 1874.
/ /1865	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Act receives Royal assent.
/ /1865	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Killiecrankie opened.
/ /1865	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Dalnaspidal opened.
/ /1865	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Rafford closed.
/ /1865	West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company Merged into [North Eastern Railway].
/ /1865	Cheshire Lines Committee [Midland Railway] [Great Northern Railway] [Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway] Incorporated.
01/02/1865	Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway and Inverness and Perth Junction Railway merge (name of new company not decided yet).
24/04/1865	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Maud to Fraserburgh opened.
01/06/1865	[Portpatrick Railway] Gatehouse re-named Dromore for Gatehouse.
01/06/1865	[Carmarthen Branch] ([Llanelly Railway and Dock Company]) Abergwilli opened
19/06/1865	Relly Mill to Ferryhill ([North Eastern Railway]) Act for a line between Relly Mill Junction, south of Durham, to Tursdale Junction, north of Ferryhill, passed.
29/06/1865	Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Highland Railway Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway and Inverness and Perth Junction Railway merger: company named the Highland Railway.
03/07/1865	Aberfeldy Branch (Inverness and Perth Junction Railway) Aberfeldy branch opened.
05/07/1865	[Pontypool Caerleon and Newport Railway] Act passed.
30/07/1865	[London and North Western Railway] Makes traffic agreement with the [Vale of Neath Railway].
01/08/1865	[Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway] [North British Railway] Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
09/08/1865	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Peterhead harbour line opened.
18/08/1865	[Rosedale Branch] ([North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway]) Line extended from Blakey Junction to Rosedale (East).
/10/1865	Dundee and Perth Railway Ninewells junction open/closed. (CHECK)
05/10/1865	[London and North Western Railway] Uses running powers over the [Taff Vale Extension Railway] and an agreement with the [Vale of Neath Railway] to serve Swansea.
/ /1866	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway], [London and North Western Railway] [Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] bought by the [London and North Western Railway].
/ /1866	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Buchanstone closed.
/ /1866	[Leadburn Linton and Dolphinton Railway] [North British Railway] Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1866	[Newport Railway] Act receives Royal assent.
/ /1866	[Scottish North Eastern Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Scottish North Eastern Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway.
16/04/1866	[Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway] Aber Bargoed opened
16/07/1866	[Potteries Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway] The Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway and Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction Railway merge to form the Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway
30/07/1866	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Extension of time limit for 1863 authorisation.
30/07/1866	[Banff Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway] [Banff Macduff and Turriff Extension Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] Aberdeen and Turriff Railway absorbed by Great North of Scotland Railway.
30/07/1866	[Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway absorbed by Great North of Scotland Railway. (Alternative date 14/6/1858).
30/07/1866	[Alford Valley Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] Alford Valley Railway absorbed by Great North of Scotland Railway.
30/07/1866	[Keith and Dufftown Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] Keith and Dufftown Railway absorbed by Great North of Scotland Railway.
30/07/1866	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] Formartine and Buchan Railway absorbed by Great North of Scotland Railway.
30/07/1866	[Strathspey Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] Strathspey Railway absorbed by Great North of Scotland Railway.
30/07/1866	[Deeside Railway] [Deeside Extension Railway] [Aboyne and Braemar Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] Deeside lines leased for 999 years by Great North of Scotland Railway.
01/09/1866	[Portpatrick Railway] Dromore for Gatehouse re-named Gatehouse.
/ /1867	[London and North Western Railway] Act for north facing junction at Abergavenny for the [Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway].
/ /1867	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] Engine shed at Abergavenny Brecon Road opened.
/ /1867	Albert Harbour (Greenock) Complete
/ /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.
/ /1867	[Lanchester Railway Extension] ([North Eastern Railway]) Line opened from Scotswood (Scotswood Bridge Junction) to Consett Original (replaced by Benfieldside further north).
12/08/1867	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Extension authorisation allowed to lapse.
12/08/1867	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] Banffshire Railway absorbed by Great North of Scotland Railway.
15/08/1867	[North Blyth Branch] (Blyth and Tyne Railway) Act for line. During the year some coals shipped from Cambois. This branch left from a south facing junction (West Sleekburn Junction) and ran east to Cambois and North Blyth.
01/09/1867	[Beaufort Ironworks Tramway], [London and North Western Railway, South Wales] Link between lines opened.
04/11/1867	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Aberdeen Waterloo closed on the opening of the [Denburn Valley Line] from Kittybrewster to Aberdeen Joint.
/ /1868	[Portpatrick Railway] Portpatrick to Donaghadee Boat starts running.
/ /1868	P and R Fleming Foundry (Partick, Glasgow) Opened.
/ /1868	Team Valley Line ([North Eastern Railway]) Construction begins of line between Durham and Gateshead
/ /1868	Doncaster to York ([North Eastern Railway]) Construction begins of line to connect to the [Great Northern Railway].
/ /1868	John Robertson Dies
01/08/1868	[Brecon and Merthyr Railway] Branch to Merthyr opened. Engineer; Alexander Sutherland.
11/09/1868	[Portpatrick Railway] Portpatrick Harbour station and branch opened.
/11/1868	[Portpatrick Railway] Portpatrick Harbour station and branch closed.
01/11/1868	[Extension to Rumney Railway] ([Brecon and Merthyr Railway]) Northern section opened from Pant to Deri. The [Rhymney Railway] had running powers from Deri to Fochriew and Pantywaun for freight and had a connection from Fochriew to the [Taff Bargoed Joint Line].
01/12/1868	Team Valley Railway ([North Eastern Railway]) Line opened.
/ /1869	Forth Ironworks, Oakley Closed
/ /1869	[Forth Ironworks Railway] Ironworks closed. Line taken over by the [North British Railway] as the [Kinnedar Branch] some time later.
/ /1869	[Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway] Opened from Burry Port to Cwmmawr
23/06/1869	[Brecon and Merthyr Railway] Pant to Dowlais Lloyd Street opened. Connected to the Ivor Ironworks. (Named for John Guests heir).
/10/1869	[Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway] Aber Bargoed closed
/ /1870	Larbert Foundry Founded
/ /1870	[Northumberland Central Railway] Line opened from Scot's Gap ([Wansbeck Railway]) to Rothbury.
/ /1870	[Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Fountainhall station masters house built.
/03/1870	[Brecon and Merthyr Railway] Aber Bargoed re-opened
19/03/1870	[Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Line opened from Monktonhall to Macmerry.
20/06/1870	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Abergavenny Junction re-built further north.
22/06/1870	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] North facing junction at Abergavenny opened. New station opened at junction and 1863 station closed and replaced by sidings.
31/07/1870	[Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Connection from Hardengreen Junction ([Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway]) to Smeaton ([Macmerry Branch]) opened.
03/10/1870	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Opened. (Date doubtful).
/ /1871	Sunderland, West Hartlepool and Middlesbrough Railway Two similar independent lines were proposed in response to the [North Eastern Railway]'s Wellfield to Stockton route.
/ /1871	[Brecon and Merthyr Railway] Made available to all companies running to Brecon.
/ /1871	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Boat of Insh renamed Kincraig.
/ /1871	[North British Arbroath and Montrose Railway] Act receives Royal assent.
/ /1871	[North Monkland Railway] Act receives Royal assent
/ /1871	[Esk Valley Railway] [North British Railway] Esk Valley Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1871	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Abergavenny Junction station re-built at [London and North Western Railway] expense.
/ /1871	[Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) Under construction. Contractor: John Waddell.
/ /1871	Team Valley Line ([North Eastern Railway]) Line opened
/ /1871	Doncaster to York ([North Eastern Railway]) Line opened
01/02/1871	[Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) College station opened on a site previously occupied by the University of Glasgow.
01/02/1871	[Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) Opened.
01/06/1871	[Portpatrick Railway] Gatehouse re-named Dromore.
17/07/1871	[Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Auction Mart started by John Swan & Sons by the St Boswells station
05/09/1871	[Rhymney and Nantybwch Joint Line] ([London and North Western Railway, South Wales] and [Rhymney Railway]) Joint line from Rhymney to Nantybwch opened.
02/10/1871	[Rhymney and Nantybwch Joint Line] ([London and North Western Railway, South Wales] and [Rhymney Railway]) Joint line from Rhymney to Nantybwch opened to public traffic. The [London and North Western Railway] diverts all of its Cardiff bound traffic to the [Rhymney Railway] route.
26/10/1871	[Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) [Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway] Whifflet to College passenger service starts.
/ /1872	[North Eastern Railway] Bowesfield Junction, Stockton, to Wellfield line authorised.
/ /1872	[Portpatrick Railway] Larne and Stranraer Steamboat Company commences running between the ports in its title. The [Portpatrick Railway] owned part of the company. The company operated a steamer Princess Louise.
/ /1872	[Leslie Railway] [North British Railway] Leslie Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1872	[Northumberland Central Railway] [North British Railway] Northumberland Central Railway absorbed by [North British Railway].
/ /1872	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Barry reopened as Glenbarry.
/ /1872	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Construction begins.
/ /1872	[Hull and Selby Railway] [North Eastern Railway] Hull and Selby Railway absorbed by the North Eastern Railway.
/ /1872	Nantyglo and Beaufort Ironworks Company Many mines flooded in bad weather.
/ /1872	Rose Hayworth Colliery Opened.
/ /1872	[North Monkland Railway] Line opened
15/01/1872	Relly Mill to Ferryhill ([North Eastern Railway]) Line opened.
01/05/1872	[Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Smeaton, Ormiston, Winton and Macmerry stations opened.
/ /1873	[Rosedale Branch] ([North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway]) Maximum production reached in Iron Ore mines.
/ /1873	[Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway] [North British Railway] [Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway] absorbed by [North British Railway].
/ /1873	Broxburn Railway [North British Railway] Broxburn Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1873	[Forth Bridge Railway] Forth Bridge Railway authorised
/ /1873	[Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway] Opened from Kidwelly to Kidwelly Junction by Trimsarn Road
01/01/1873	[London and North Western Railway South Wales] Line extended to Dowlais Top and Ivor Junction with the [Brecon and Merthyr Railway] and access to Dowlais Lloyd Street and the Dowlais Iron Company.
/11/1873	[London and North Western Railway South Wales] Bill for line to Merthyr and the [Brecon and Merthyr Railway], [Vale of Neath Railway] and Geothin Railway.
/ /1874	Cyfartha Works Converted from Iron to Steel production
/ /1874	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Pitmeddan opened.
/ /1874	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Portsoy harbour branch closed.
/ /1874	[Portpatrick Railway] Portpatrick to Donaghadee Boat stops running. This is in part due to the unsuitability of Portpatrick Harbour. The Stranraer to Larne service replaces the abandoned service. Portpatrick to Stranraer remains open.
/ /1874	[Great North of Scotland Railway] First share dividends since 1865 paid.
/ /1874	Nantyglo and Beaufort Ironworks Company Closed.
/ /1874	Blyth and Tyne Railway [North Eastern Railway] Line absorbed by the North Eastern Railway to stop the [North British Railway] from acquiring the line and developing an independent route into Newcastle with a station.
/ /1874	Hartlepool Dock and Railway Rope worked Hesleden bank re-laid on easier gradient for locomotives.
18/05/1874	[London and North Western Railway South Wales], [Brecon and Merthyr Railway] [London and North Western Railway] agrees to withdraw Merthyr bill in exchange for joint ownership of the [Brecon and Merthyr Railway] branch from Dowlais to Merthyr. A link was to be opened from Penywern Junction, by Ivor Junction, and run from there to Morlais on the [Brecon and Merthyr Railway].
14/06/1874	[London and North Western Railway South Wales] Morlais Tunnel completed.
16/07/1874	[London and North Western Railway South Wales] Act for extension from Penywern Junction to Morlais.
17/09/1874	[Pontypool Caerleon and Newport Railway] Opened from Pontypool South Junction to Maindee Junctions opened to goods.
21/12/1874	[Pontypool Caerleon and Newport Railway] Opened from Pontypool North Junction to Panteg Junction avoiding Coedygric Sidings. Passenger train start to use the line and run to Newport station on the [South Wales Railway].
/ /1875	Gartshore Colliery Opened by William Baird & Company beside the [Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]
/ /1875	Port-Downie Iron Works Founded, by lock 16
/ /1875	[Ryde and Newport Railway] Line opened.
/ /1875	[Devon Valley Railway] [North British Railway] Devon Valley Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1875	#Tiverton and North Devon Railway# Authorised
/ /1875	Cyfartha Ironworks Partly closed.
/ /1875	[Isle of Wight Newport Junction Railway] Opened from Newport (Pan Mill) to Sandown
01/01/1875	[Pontypool Caerleon and Newport Railway] [London and North Western Railway] uses line for Shrewsbury to Newport Mill Street.
/07/1875	[Sirhowy Tramroad], [London and North Western Railway] The London and North Western Railway starts to run trains on the Sirhowy Tramroad.
01/08/1875	[Deeside Extension Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] Deeside Extension Railway absorbed by Great North of Scotland Railway.
21/08/1875	[Sirhowy Tramroad], [London and North Western Railway] Date of retrospective working agreement.
01/10/1875	[Deeside Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] Deeside Railway absorbed by Great North of Scotland Railway. (Alternative date 1/8/1875).
01/10/1875	[London and North Western Railway] Opens depot at Tyndall Street Goods, Cardiff, approached by 1/2 a mile of traffic from the [Rhymney Railway].
/ /1876	[Portpatrick Railway] Larne and Stranraer Steamboat Company operates second steamer Princess Beatrice.
/ /1876	Forth and Clyde Iron Works Founded, by lock 16.
/ /1876	[Peebles Railway] [North British Railway] Peebles Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1876	[Berwickshire Railway] [North British Railway] Berwickshire Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1876	[Penicuik Railway] [North British Railway] Penicuik Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1876	Robert Napier Dies
31/01/1876	[Aboyne and Braemar Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] Aboyne and Braemar Railway absorbed by the Great North of Scotland Railway.
13/07/1876	[Sirhowy Tramroad], [London and North Western Railway] Act merging the Sirhowy Tramroad into the London and North Western Railway.
/ /1877	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] Line doubled between Abergavenny and Brynmawr requiring new tunnel bores at Clydach and Gelli Felen.
/ /1877	[Llanmorlais Branch] ([London and North Western Railway]) Penclawdo to Llanmorlais opened.
/ /1877	[North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway] Opened from Dinas Junction to Quellyn
/ /1877	[North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway] Branch to Bryngwyn opened
/01/1877	[Forth and Clyde Junction Railway] Kilmaronock renamed Caldarvan.
01/05/1877	[North Eastern Railway] Bowesfield Juncton to Carlton (later Redmarshall) South Junction to Carlton West opened. Later used by electrified Shildon to Newport services. Route never opened to regular passenger services.
01/08/1877	[Leven and East of Fife Railway] [North British Railway] Leven and East of Fife Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
01/08/1877	[St Andrews Railway] [North British Railway] St Andrews Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
05/10/1877	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Line opened from a junction at Girvan ([Maybole and Girvan Railway]) to Challoch Junction ([Portpatrick Railway]). (Alternative date: 3/10/1870).
/ /1878	[Pontypool Caerleon and Newport Railway] Connection made from Llantarnam Junction to Cwmbran Junction on the [Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company] line. [Great Western Railway] trains divert to main Newport station.
/ /1878	[North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway] Extended from Quellyn to Rhyd-Ddu (now South Snowdon)
20/02/1878	[Penarth Extension] ([Taff Vale Railway]) Line opened from Penarth harbour to Penarth.
01/06/1878	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Leuchars Junction [1st] closed on opening of the Tay Bridge and Associated Railways replaced by Leuchars Junction [2nd] to the south at the junction between the lines.
01/06/1878	[Tay Bridge and associated lines] ([North British Railway]) Public opening of bridge and line between Camperdown Junction, Dundee (Tay Bridge) station and Leuchars. The Tay Bridge was single track and the other part of the line double. The bridge had signalboxes at either end. The engineer for the line was Thomas Bouch, knighted after Queen Victoria traveled over the bridge.
08/08/1878	[Pontypridd Caerphilly and Newport Railway] Act passed. Promoted by J.C. Parkinson of the [Alexandra Docks and Railway] and Sir George Elliot of Powell Duffryn Collieries. Double track line to run from south of the [Taff Vale Railway]s Pontypridd station (Pontypool, Caerphilly and Newport Junction) to Caerphilly (Penrhos Upper Junction) on the [Rhymney Railway]. Running powers over the [Brecon and Merthyr Railway]s [Caerphilly Branch] to Machen and on to Bassaleg Junction with the [Alexandra Docks and Railway]. Engineer Sir James W. Szlumper.
/10/1878	[Hawes Branch NER] ([North Eastern Railway]) Opened for passengers to meet the [Hawes Branch MR] of the [Midland Railway] over which the [North Eastern Railway] had running powers to Garsdale. Built as a single track line.
01/12/1878	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Leuchars Junction [1st] reopens as Leuchars Old.
02/12/1878	[Brecon and Merthyr Railway] Northbound train at Torpantau fails to have its brakes pinned down and runs downhill derailing and killing its crew.
/ /1879	Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway Act passed.
/ /1879	[Glasgow Bothwell Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway] [North British Railway] Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway absorbed by North British Railway (Alternative date 1879).
/ /1879	Cyfartha Ironworks Closed.
/ /1879	[Forth Bridge Railway] Sir {Thomas Bouch} loses the contract to build the Forth Bridge after collapse of his Tay Bridge.
/ /1879	[Isle of Wight Newport Junction Railway] Opened from Newport to Newport (Pan Mill), with the latter station closing
/ /1879	Sunderland Station ([North Eastern Railway]) New line from Ryhope Grange Junction to new Sunderland central station and from Fawcett Street opened. Hendon and Fawcett Street stations closed. Line extended north to cross the River Wear to connect at Monkwearmouth. New station had two island platforms with arched overall roof destroyed in World War II.
/ /1879	Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway Operated jointly from 1879.
/03/1879	[Pontypool Caerleon and Newport Railway] [London and North Western Railway] stop using line for passengers. Cwmbran to Mill Street becomes freight only.
12/05/1879	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Tay Port altered to become a through station on the Newport Railway, afterwards known as Tayport.
12/05/1879	[Newport Railway] Wormit to Tayport via Newport opened. A new short bridge opened from Wormit to meet the [Tay Bridge and associated lines] at a junction just offshore. A second signalbox was at this junction.
13/05/1879	[Newport Railway] Newport to Wormit opened.
09/06/1879	[Dowlais and Merthyr Joint Line] [London and North Western Railway] passenger service starts to run to Merthyr. Access also opened to [Crawshays Private Railway].
01/08/1879	[Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) [Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Passenger service starts. Stations opened at Craigleith, Murrayfield, Granton Road, Newhaven, Leith North. This required the opening of a new line between Newhaven Junction and Leith North for passenger services.
28/12/1879	[Tay Bridge and associated lines] ([North British Railway]) Tay Bridge Disaster. High Girders section of bridge falls in severe weather conditions. An evening train crossing the bridge falls with the High Girders and all on board are killed.
/ /1880	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Lord Haddos Railway proposed.
/ /1880	[Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company] [North British Railway] Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1880	[Carmyllie Railway] [Scottish North Eastern Railway] Carmyllie Railway absorbed by Scottish North Eastern Railway.
/ /1880	[North British Arbroath and Montrose Railway] [North British Railway] North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1880	Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway [Caledonian Railway] [North British Railway] Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway authorised (Caledonian Railway and North British Railway).
/ /1880	[Tay Bridge and associated lines] ([North British Railway]) Locomotive retrieved from bottom of River Tay, nicknamed The Diver and put back in service. The letterbox, of Dalhousie station and now at the museum in Bellingham, was made from metal from this engine.
/ /1880	Stockton and Hartlepool Railway West Hartlepool station re-built.
/02/1880	~Belfast and Northern Counties (Derry Central) Aghadowey opened
01/03/1880	[North Eastern Railway] Carlton South Junction to Wellfield, and east to north curve at Carlton opened.
/04/1880	[Carmarthen Branch] ([Llanelly Railway and Dock Company]) Abergwilli closed
/06/1880	[Carmarthen Branch] ([Llanelly Railway and Dock Company]) Abergwilli re-opened
01/07/1880	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Doubled Dyce to Kintore opened.
07/09/1880	[Cathcart District Railway] Act receives Royal assent.
16/12/1880	[Cathcart District Railway] First Directors meeting.
/ /1881	[Montrose and Bervie Railway] [North British Railway] Montrose and Bervie Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1881	[Blane Valley Railway] [North British Railway] Blane Valley Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1881	[London and North Western Railway] Rent the Nantyglo to Brynmawr railway from the Nantyglo and Blaina Iron Company.
14/02/1881	[London and North Western Railway South Wales] Cwmbargoed Junction to Cwmbargoed (LNWR) opened.
11/08/1881	[Morayshire Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] Morayshire Railway absorbed by Great North of Scotland Railway. (Alternative date: 1880).
/ /1882	Glasgow and North Western Railway Route surveyed
/ /1882	Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway Line opened.
/ /1882	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Don Street, Bankhead and Stoneywood opened.
/ /1882	[Lanchester Railway Extension] ([North Eastern Railway]) Benfieldside renamed Consett.
07/02/1882	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] [Portpatrick Railway] [Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] trains banned from Stranraer and Portpatrick by the [Portpatrick Railway]. Line closed temporarily from Girvan to Challoch Junction.
01/05/1882	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Doubled Kintore to Inveramsay opened.
15/05/1882	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Craigendoran Pier and station opened. There was a double track station on the Helensburgh line, and a long curved single track platform which ran onto the pier.
/ /1883	[Pontypridd Caerphilly and Newport Railway] Plans to use the Nixons Private Railway and Powel Duffryn Private Railway to run up the valley from Abercynon to Aberdare.
/ /1883	[Forth Bridge Railway] Construction of Bridge, designed by Henry Fowler and Benjamin Baker, begins. Contractor; Arrol
/ /1883	Glasgow and North Western Railway Glasgow and North Western Railway proposed by [[North British Railwa]y]. The route was to have been Glasgow to Inverness via Fort William). It was not built.
20/01/1883	[Cathcart District Railway] First sod cut.
27/04/1883	[Caledonian Railway][North British Railway][Alloa Railway][South Alloa Branch] North British Railway given running powers over the Alloa Railway and South Alloa Branch from Alloa to Greenhill Junction on payment of £3000 annually to the Caledonian Railway.
01/08/1883	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] [Portpatrick Railway] Lifting of ban of trains from the [Portpatrick Railway].
/ /1884	[Pontypridd Caerphilly and Newport Railway] [Taff Vale Railway] works line from Pontypridd to near Alexandra Docks.
/ /1884	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Private coal and stores siding laid to Abergavenny Lunatic Asylum from south junction at triangle. [London and North Western Railway] had running powers to it.
/ /1884	Edinburgh Northern Tramways Company Formed by Dick Kerr and Co Ltd to operate tramways in the hillier parts of the city where horse drawn trams were unsuitable.
01/04/1884	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] A new Portsoy station opened on the [Moray Coast Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway])) and old one closed.
01/04/1884	[Moray Coast Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Portsoy to Tochieneal opened. Stations opened: Portsoy (New), Glassaugh and Tochieneal.
/06/1884	#Tiverton Branch# ([Bristol and Exeter Railway]) Converted from broad gauge to standard gauge.
01/07/1884	[Bethesda Branch] ([London and North Western Railway]) Line opened from Penrhyn, by Bangor, to Bethesda.
07/07/1884	[Pontypridd Caerphilly and Newport Railway] First attempt to open new route. Train departs Pontypridd but is blocked by the [Great Western Railway] at Bassaleg Junction.
25/07/1884	[Pontypridd Caerphilly and Newport Railway] Through route is allowed to operate.
01/08/1884	#Tiverton and North Devon Railway# Line opened. Built to standard gauge.
01/08/1884	[Buckie and Portessie Branch] Line opened.
/ /1885	[Portpatrick Railway] Caledonian Railway lease expires - the Portpatrick Railway and [Wigtownshire Railway] become jointly run as the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway - controlled by the [Caledonian Railway], [London and North Western Railway], [Glasgow and South Western Railway] and [Midland Railway]. The stock was owned by all four companies and operated by the two Scottish companies. The Joint company also owned 4/5 of the Larne and Stranraer Steamship Joint Committee, the remaining 1/5 owned by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway.
/ /1885	[Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway] [North British Railway] Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1885	[Lanchester Railway Extension] ([North Eastern Railway]) Consett renamed Consett and Blackhill.
04/05/1885	[London and North Western Railway South Wales] Dowlais High Street opened, through trains to Merthyr stop using Dowlais Lloyd Street, and Dowlais Top closed.
01/08/1885	[Kelvin Valley Railway] [North British Railway] Kelvin Valley Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
06/08/1885	[Cardiff Penarth and Barry Junction Railway] ([Taff Vale Railway]) Act passed.
12/08/1885	[Moray Coast Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Lossie Junction (Morayshire Railway]) to Garmouth opened. Stations opened: Calcots, Urquhart and Garmouth.
01/11/1885	[Great Northern Railway] Abbotts Ripton opened.
/ /1886	[Forth Bridge Railway] The three towers of the bridge start being erected
01/03/1886	[Cathcart District Railway] Cathcart Junction to Mount Florida opened for passengers.
15/03/1886	[Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) College terminus closed.
/04/1886	[Pontypridd Caerphilly and Newport Railway] Own section of track through Park Mile is opened to West Mendalgief Junction. Route authorised to east of existing lines, but is swapped with [Great Western Railway] for use of original westernmost route. [Great Western Railway] moves sideways onto new tracks.
01/04/1886	[Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] Abercanaid opened
01/04/1886	[Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] Aberfan opened
01/04/1886	[Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] ([Great Western Railway] and [Rhymney Railway]) Opened. The line connected to the [Crawshays Private Railway] and the [Vale of Neath Railway] at Merthyr.
12/04/1886	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Line closed for two months due to financial problems.
01/05/1886	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] [Moray Coast Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Grange curve opened.
01/05/1886	[Buckie and Portessie Branch] Portessie station and junction opened with the opening of the [Moray Coast Railway].
01/05/1886	[Moray Coast Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Tochieneal to Garmouth opened. Stations opened: Cullen, Portknockie, Findochty, Portessie, Buckie, Nether Buckie, Port Gordon and Fochabers.
25/05/1886	[Cathcart District Railway] Mount Florida to Cathcart opened to passengers.
18/06/1886	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Line re-opened.
02/08/1886	[Cathcart District Railway] Cathcart Junction to Cathcart opened for goods.
02/09/1886	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Girvan (New) closed.
/ /1887	[Forth Bridge Railway] The towers are complete.
/ /1887	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Ayr and Wigtownshire Railway Girvan and Portpatrick Railway absorbed by Ayr and Wigtownshire Railway, a company formed to re-finance the line.
/ /1887	[Glasgow City and District Railway] [North British Railway] Glasgow City and District Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1887	[Moray Coast Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Nether Buckie renamed Buckpool.
/ /1887	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Possilpark opened
01/02/1887	[Glasgow City and District Railway] [Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) [City of Glasgow Union Railway] [Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway] [Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] [Stobcross Railway] Circular service introduced by the [North British Railway].
/07/1887	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Aberdeen Suburban service begins; Bankend and Stoneywood opened. (Alternative date for station openings 1882).
13/07/1887	[Tay Bridge and associated lines] ([North British Railway]) New double track Tay Bridge opened. (Alternative date 6/1887).
19/07/1887	[Cathcart District Railway] Extension of line Act receives Royal assent.
19/07/1887	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] [Moray Coast Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Grange curve authorised retrospectively.
/09/1887	[Cornhill Branch] ([North Eastern Railway]) Cornhill Branch (Alnwick to Coldstream) opened September 1887 by North Eastern Railway, Alnwick station re-built.
01/12/1887	[Cardiff Penarth and Barry Junction Railway] ([Taff Vale Railway]) Line opened from Penarth to Lavernock.
28/12/1887	[Pontypridd Caerphilly and Newport Railway] Passenger service started from Newport to Pontypridd.
/ /1888	[Freshwater Yarmouth and Newport Railway] Construction begins.
/ /1888	[North Monkland Railway] [North British Railway] North Monkland Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1888	Clyde Locomotive Works Sharp Stewart & Co Works sold to Sharp Stewart & Co to replace their existing works. The works are re-named the Atlas Works.
/ /1888	Edinburgh Northern Tramways Company Tramway opened in Hanover Street with cable haulage.
01/01/1888	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Hutcheon Street and Don Street opened.
27/10/1888	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Doubled Inveramsay to Insch opened.
/ /1889	[Cardiff Penarth and Barry Junction Railway] ([Taff Vale Railway]) The line is vested in the [Taff Vale Railway] by an Act.
/ /1889	[Freshwater Yarmouth and Newport Railway] Construction complete.
/ /1889	[Freshwater Yarmouth and Newport Railway] Line operated by the [Isle of Wight Central Railway].
/ /1889	[Forth and Clyde Canal] J&J Hay open a slip dock at Kirkintilloch for repairs to Puffers by their boatyard.
/ /1889	Sharp Stewart & Co Walter Neilson, director of company, dies
01/05/1889	[Tay Bridge and associated lines] ([North British Railway]) Dundee Esplanade opened.
01/05/1889	[Tay Bridge and associated lines] ([North British Railway]) Wormit opened.
08/07/1889	[Cardiff Penarth and Barry Junction Railway] ([Taff Vale Railway]) Opened from Lavernock to temporary platform at Biglis as the [Barry Dock and Railways] would not grant access to Biglis Junction station.
26/07/1889	[Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway] [North British Railway] Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway merged into North British Railway.
12/08/1889	[Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway] Act passed.
/ /1890	[Portpatrick Railway] Tablets introduced on the line. The company went on to employ Mansons tablet-catcher to allow exchanges at speeds up to 76mph.
/ /1890	Gartcosh Works Opened by Glenboig Union Fireclay Company
/ /1890	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Newseat Station rebuilt.
/ /1890	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Forms Hotel Committee.
/ /1890	[North British Railway] Operate a horse bus in East Lothian.
/ /1890	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Drumchapel and Lochburn opened
/ /1890	Edinburgh Northern Tramways Company Tramway opened at Comely Bank with cable haulage.
01/02/1890	Edinburgh and Northern Railway New further west Bridge of Earn [2nd] station opened to serve both the Perth to Ladybank and Perth to Cowdenbeath lines. Bridge of Earn [1st] closes.
04/03/1890	[Forth Bridge Railway] Bridge opened by HRH Prince of Wales driving the last rivet
01/05/1890	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Drumchapel opened.
22/05/1890	[Cardiff Penarth and Barry Junction Railway] ([Taff Vale Railway]) Service extended to Biglis Junction on the [Barry Dock and Railways] and temporary Biglis station closed.
02/06/1890	[Aberdour Line] ([North British Railway]) Aberdour opened.
14/07/1890	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Girvan (New) re-opened.
17/08/1890	[North British Railway] Six of the Forth Ferry Steamers now redundant and scrapped.
/ /1891	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Lanarkshire & Dunbartonshire Railway authorised
/ /1891	[Whiteinch Railway] [North British Railway] North British buys the smaller line.
/ /1891	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Palace Hotel The railway buys the hotel.
/07/1891	Forthbank Pit Sunk by the Alloa Coal Company close to Alloa Harbour
05/08/1891	[Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway] [North British Railway] Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
22/08/1891	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Palace Hotel, Aberdeen, opened.
14/09/1891	[Caerphilly Branch] ([Brecon and Merthyr Railway]) New up (eastwards to Newport) route opened between Gwaun y Bara Junction and Machen. Known as the Machen Loop Line. This effectively doubles the route.
/ /1892	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Ayr and Wigtownshire Railway bought by the [Glasgow and South Western Railway]. Girvan (Old) closed and reparations made to Girvan and Portpatrick line.
/ /1892	Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Line [Caledonian Railway] [North British Railway] Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Line authorised (Caledonian Railway and North British Railway).
01/10/1892	[Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway] Line opened. Aberthaw station opened.
/ /1893	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Incorporated.
/ /1893	[North Blyth Branch] (Blyth and Tyne Railway) Act passed allowing widening and extension of the Cambois branch. A new curve was laid in between Marchey's House Junction and Winning Junction which allowed coal from Ashington to be taken to the habrour without reversal at Bedlington.
/ /1893	Herbertshire Colliery Explosion in pit
/ /1893	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Schoolhill opened.
/ /1893	Forthbank Pit In production
28/07/1893	[Carmarthen Branch] ([Llanelly Railway and Dock Company]) Abergwilli renamed Abergwili
31/07/1893	[North Eastern Railway] Act passed for Hart to Dalton-le-Dale (Seaham) line to improve coastal route. Also included are improvements to the Londonderry Railway.
24/08/1893	[Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway] Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway authorised.
18/12/1893	[Kincardine Line] ([North British Railway]) Kincardine Junction to Kincardine opened.
/ /1894	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Inverugie loop removed.
/ /1894	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Logierieve loop removed.
/ /1894	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Rathen loop removed.
/ /1894	Sharp, Stewart & Co Ltd [Highland Railway] Build a 4-6-0 for the [Highland Railway], who number it 103.
/ /1894	Birth of Edward VIII
/ /1894	[Great North of Scotland Railway] [Deeside Railway] Aberdeen suburban service extended to Culter on the [Deeside Railway]. Holburn Street, Pitfodels and West Cults stations opened.
01/02/1894	[Fortrose Branch] ([Highland Railway]) Line opened.
19/03/1894	[Cathcart District Railway] Cathcart (New) opened on Extension Line.
01/04/1894	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Girvan (New) renamed Girvan.
02/04/1894	[Cathcart District Railway] Extension line opened from Cathcart (New) to Muirhouse Junction for passengers and goods.
17/09/1894	[Kincardine Line] ([North British Railway]) Kilbagie station opened.
26/11/1894	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Possil Junction ([Hamiltonhill Branch] (Caledonian Railway])) to Maryhill Central opened.
/ /1895	[Portpatrick Railway] A wooden engine shed is opened at Newton Stewart in the V of the junction.
/ /1895	[North British Railway] Design chosen for the North British Hotel, Edinburgh, by Sir William Hamilton Beattie after a competition. North Bridge also raised.
/ /1895	Weedon, Daventry and Leamington Spa Branch ([London and North Western Railway]) Line opened.
/ /1895	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Ellon rebuilt for [Boddam Branch] opening
/ /1895	[Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway] Merged into [Taff Vale Railway].
/ /1895	Quarter Colliery 18 men killed in explosion
/ /1895	Birth of George VI
/ /1895	[East Fife Central Railway] [North British Railway] East Fife Central Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1895	[Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway] Balloch turntable replaced for impending joint ownership of line for larger [Caledonian Railway] locomotives.
/02/1895	[Portpatrick Railway] During a period of very bad snowfall a train is held up at Creetown for 3 days.
/02/1895	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Northbound train is snowed in at Chirmorie, passengers forced to stay in local cottages, and is only freed after a week.
/ /1896	Fort William Entrance arch from the old fort moved to Craigs Burial Ground.
/ /1896	[Forth and Clyde Junction Railway] Tramway used to connect Murrayshall Limeworks and Hayford Mills.
/ /1896	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] Abergavenny engine shed enlarged.
/ /1896	[City of Glasgow Union Railway] [Glasgow and South Western Railway] [North British Railway] City of Glasgow Union Railway absorbed and divided between Glasgow and South Western Railway and North British Railway.
/ /1896	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway authorised.
/ /1896	[Lanchester Railway Extension] ([North Eastern Railway]) Consett and Blackhill renamed Blackhill (on opening of Consett on the former [Stanhope and Tyne Railroad]).
03/03/1896	[Kirkcaldy District Railway] ([North British Railway]) Line opened as a goods relief line between Invertiel Junction (Kirkcaldy) and Foulford (Cowdenbeath) with a goods station at Auchtertool.
01/05/1896	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Bellshaugh Junction (Maryhill) to Partick West Junction opened for goods.
01/05/1896	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Clydebank to Stobcross opened for goods.
01/06/1896	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Partick North Junction to Partick East Junction opened for goods.
15/06/1896	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Dumbarton to Clydebank opened for goods.
13/07/1896	[North Blyth Branch] (Blyth and Tyne Railway) Alterations which received an Act in 1893 complete.
01/08/1896	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Doubled Insch to Kennethmont opened.
14/08/1896	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] Act passed.
20/09/1896	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Doubled Kennethmont to Gartly opened.
01/10/1896	[Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway] Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Line The [North British Railway] is forced to put its Dumbarton Central to Balloch Pier line into joint ownership with the [Caledonian Railway] to stop the [Caledonian Railway] from building a second railway (the proposed Dumbarton, Jamestown and Loch Lomond Railway) from Dumbarton to Balloch.
01/10/1896	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Line opened completely
30/11/1896	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Doubled Gartly to Huntly opened.
/ /1897	[Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company] Line opened from Port Talbot docks to Lletty Brongu
/ /1897	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Buxsburn renamed Bucksburn.
/ /1897	[Glasgow Yoker and Clydebank] Railway [North British Railway] Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1897	[Anstruther and St Andrews Railway] [North British Railway] Anstruther and St. Andrews Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1897	[Newburgh and North Fife Railway] Newburgh and North Fife Railway authorised
01/02/1897	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Possil opened.
02/02/1897	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] First sod cut.
/07/1897	[Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway] ([North British Railway]) Methil Dock No. 2 partly opened.
06/07/1897	[Pontypridd Caerphilly and Newport Railway] [Alexandra Docks and Railway] Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway taken over by Alexandra Docks and Railway.
02/08/1897	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Ellon becomes a junction on the [Boddam Branch] opened.
02/08/1897	[Great North of Scotland Railway] [Boddam Branch] opened to passengers.
01/12/1897	#Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway# Line opened between Weston and Clevedon
/ /1898	[Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company] Line extended from Letty Brongu to Pontyrhyll
/ /1898	William Beardmore (Junior) Joseph Beardmore Duncan Stewart & Co William and his brother Joseph become directors of Duncan Stewart & Co
/ /1898	Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Adelaide and Windsor opened.
/ /1898	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Cairnie Junction station opened to save dividing trains for portions for the [Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] at Huntly.
17/01/1898	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Doubled Rothiemay to Keith opened.
17/01/1898	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] [Moray Coast Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Doubled Grange Curve, North Grange to South Grange, opened.
17/01/1898	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Doubled Huntly to Avochie signal box (near Rothiemay) opened.
01/04/1898	[Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway] Aberlady opened.
06/08/1898	[Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway] Opened to Aberlady.
/ /1899	#Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway# Line is designated a light railway
/ /1899	Start of Boer War
/ /1899	Start of Second Boer War
/06/1899	[Boddam Branch] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Cruden Bay Hotel and tramway opened.
01/07/1899	[Fort George Branch] ([Highland Railway]) Line opened. The original Fort George station on the [Inverness and Nairn Railway] was sited slightly further west and renamed Gollanfield Junction.
08/09/1899	[St Combs Light Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Line authorised.
/ /1900	[Penllwyn Tramway], [London and North Western Railway] A new spur, west of Nine Mile Point, is opened to the [Penllwyn Tramway] by the owners, the [London and North Western Railway] to give access to Nine Mile Point Colliery. Formerly this tramway was accessible by a point west of Nine Mile Point and thus in [Great Western Railway] territory.
/ /1900	[Eyemouth Railway] [North British Railway] Merged with North British Railway.
/ /1900	Londonderry Railway [North Eastern Railway] Line absorbed by the North Eastern Railway.
/ /1900	Cawood Wiston Railway [North Eastern Railway] Line absorbed by the North Eastern Railway.
/ /1900	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Doubled Rothiemay to Avochie opened.
/ /1900	[Newport Railway] [North British Railway] Newport Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/01/1900	[Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway] ([North British Railway]) Methil Dock No. 2 opened completely.
06/08/1900	[Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway] [North British Railway] Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1901	[North Eastern Railway] Carlton curve installed to Leeds Northern route between Eaglescliffe and Stockton. Plan to open route to Wellfield as secondary mainline.
/ /1901	Billingham to Haverton Hill Loop Haverton Hill to Billingham Beck opened.
/ /1901	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Inverurie works - Carriages - opened.
01/10/1901	[Cathcart District Railway] Langside station renamed Langside and Newlands.
16/12/1901	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Udny North signal box closed.
/ /1902	[North Eastern Railway] Carlton curve for Leeds Northern route between Eaglescliffe and Stockton lifted. Route only used briefly for express goods traffic due to pressure from Stockton and West Hartepool oth of which were bypassed.
/ /1902	[North British Railway] North British Hotel, Edinburgh, opened.
/ /1902	Forthbank Pit Closed
/ /1902	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Elgin station re-built.
/ /1902	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Inverurie works - Locomotives - opened.
/ /1902	Greenrigg Mine (Harthill) Opened by Loganlea Coal Co for coal and clay (for Bathville), connected to Southrigg (on Polkemmet line)
/ /1902	Greenrigg Mine (Harthill) To United Collieries
/01/1902	[Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] Aberfan renamed Aberfan for Merthyr Vale
10/02/1902	[Great North of Scotland Railway] [Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway] Inverurie (New) station opened further north. The new station had a bay platform for the Old Meldrum trains.
10/02/1902	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Inverurie (New) opened.
01/08/1902	[Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway] Line authorised.
/ /1903	[Northumberland Central Railway] Fontburn opened.
/ /1903	[North Eastern Railway] [North Blyth Branch] (Blyth and Tyne Railway) The North Eastern Railway introduces 40 ton wagons to run between the Ashington colliery and North Blyth staithes served by the [North Blyth Branch].
/ /1903	North British Locomotive Company Formed by an amalgamation.
/ /1903	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Persley opened.
/ /1903	[Great North of Scotland Railway] [Alford Valley Railway] [Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway] [St Combs Light Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Railcars used on the Alford, Lossiemouth, Old Meldrum and St Combs lines.
12/01/1903	[Glasgow City and District Railway] [Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) [City of Glasgow Union Railway] [Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway] [Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] [Stobcross Railway] Circular service withdrawn.
01/05/1903	[Cathcart District Railway] Cathcart Junction renamed Pollokshields East Junction.
/07/1903	[St Combs Light Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Kirkton Bridge opened.
14/07/1903	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] Final inspection by the Board of Trade.
21/07/1903	[Highland Railway] [Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] Act passed which allows the Highland Railway to operate the services over the Fort Augustus line.
22/07/1903	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] [Highland Railway] Line opened by Mrs Ellic of Glengarry, service operated by the [Highland Railway] who were keen to keep the [North British Railway] away from Inverness. Steamers connected the Pier station to Inverness via Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal.
22/07/1903	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] Aberchalder opened.
01/09/1903	[Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway] Luffness Platform opened.
/ /1904	Stockton and Hartlepool Railway West Hartlepool station re-built.
/ /1904	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Railcars scrapped.
01/07/1904	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] Invergloy platform opened.
/ /1905	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Inverurie works - Permanent Way - opened.
/ /1905	[Portpatrick Railway] Portpatrick engine shed out of use.
/ /1905	[Brecon and Merthyr Railway] Abertysswg opened
01/04/1905	[North Eastern Railway] Seaham to Hart line opened.
01/09/1905	[Brecon and Merthyr Railway] Aber Bargoed renamed Aber Bargoed and Bargoed
/ /1906	[Great North of Scotland Railway] [Highland Railway] Amalgamation of the Great North of Scotland Railway with the Highland Railway falls through.
/ /1906	[North Eastern Railway] King Edward VII Bridge over the Tyne opened. This new bridge saved East Coast Main Line trains from having to reverse at Newcastle.
/ /1906	Garthamlock No 5&6 Pits Opened by the Steel Company of Scotland
/ /1906	Pretoria Pit, Tullygarth 6 men trapped by inrush of water but rescued.
/ /1906	[Rhymney Branch] ([Brecon and Merthyr Railway]) Whiterose renamed New Tredegar.
01/07/1906	[Kincardine Line] ([North British Railway]) Line opened between Kincardine and Elbowbend Junction, contractor Robert McAlpine.
13/08/1906	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Newburgh [2nd] opens west of Newburgh [1st] which closes.
30/09/1906	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] Fort Augustus Pier station and line to Fort Augustus station closed.
/ /1907	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Pinwherry box opened.
25/04/1907	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] [Glasgow Yoker and Clydebank] Railway [Rothesay Dock Branch] opened. The line was joint [North British Railway] and [Caledonian Railway].
30/04/1907	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] [Highland Railway] Highland Railway withdrawn locomotives and rolling stock.
01/05/1907	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] [North British Railway] North British Railway start running service.
01/09/1907	#Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway# Line extended from Clevedon to Portishead
03/11/1907	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Singer station on new loop line skirting round the north of the Singer factory opened. The old course of the line becomes a goods line to the west of Kilbowie Road and the old station becomes a terminus for worker's trains and is expanded to 6 platforms.
/ /1908	[West Highland Railway] [North British Railway] West Highland Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
/ /1908	[Grangemouth Railway] ([Forth and Clyde Canal] Company) By-pass line from Swing Bridge Junction to Fouldubs Junction opened, the western half was owned by the [North British Railway] (part of the former line to the [Carron Ironworks]) and the eastern by the [Caledonian Railway].
28/12/1908	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Southbound train becomes snowed in a mile south of Barrhill. Passengers are trapped in carriages for two nights.
31/12/1908	[North British Railway] [West Highland Railway] North British Railway takes over the West Highland Railway line from Craigendoran to Mallaig and the branch to Banavie.
25/01/1909	[Newburgh and North Fife Railway] Line opened from Newburgh (Glenburnie Junction) to St Fort.
01/03/1909	[Pontypool Caerleon and Newport Railway] New Pontypool Road station opened.
01/03/1909	[Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway] Aber Bargoed and Bargoed renamed Bargoed and Aberbargoed
16/08/1909	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] [Caledonian Railway] [Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] absorbed by Caledonian Railway
/ /1910	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Portsoy harbour branch dismantled.
/ /1910	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Banff harbour branch dismantled.
/ /1910	[London and North Western Railway, South Wales] Run-away coal train piles up after being diverted onto a dead-end siding by signalman on Ebbw Vale Branch.
/ /1910	Quarter Colliery Closed
/08/1910	Port Clarence to Middlesbrough Ferry Work begins on the transporter bridge.
17/10/1911	Port Clarence to Middlesbrough Ferry Transporter bridge opened.
30/10/1911	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] Invergloy platform closed.
31/10/1911	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] [North British Railway] Line closed to all traffic as North British withdraws.
01/11/1911	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] Aberchalder closed.
01/01/1912	[Portpatrick Railway] Dromore re-named Gatehouse of Fleet.
16/06/1912	[London and North Eastern Railway] Imperial Airways Race between Imperial Airways biplane The City of Glasgow and the Flying Scotsman won by the airplane.
/ /1913	[Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Hardengreen Junction to Smeaton mothballed.
/ /1913	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Bridgefoot halt and Golf Club House halt opened.
/ /1913	Largest Coal Export from South Wales This was the peak of coal exported from South Wales in a year. 13 million tons were exported from Cardiff Docks.
/ /1913	[Freshwater Yarmouth and Newport Railway] [Isle of Wight Central Railway] ceases to operate line.
/ /1913	Billingham to Haverton Hill Loop North Shore Junction to Billingham Beck authorised. Construction delayed by Great War.
22/01/1913	[Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway] ([North British Railway]) Methil Dock No. 3 opened, contractor Robert McAlpine.
30/06/1913	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Leuchars Junction burned down by suffragettes.
01/08/1913	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] [North British Railway] Line re-opened by North British.
01/08/1913	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] Aberchalder re-opened.
01/09/1913	[Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway][Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Westerton station opened at the junction of the Milngavie line with the Singer line. Westerton Garden Suburb was being established in what was previously farmland to the north of the line.
09/09/1913	[Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] Abercanaid renamed Abercanaid and Pentrebach
/ /1914	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Peterhead Harbour Railway cut back to Roanheads.
/ /1914	[Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway] Six miles of track laid from Cromarty towards Conon.
/ /1914	Wester Gartshore Colliery Cadzow Coal Company takes over from the Wallace family
14/04/1914	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Collision at Burntisland between London to Aberdeen express and Carlisle to Dundee goods
03/08/1914	Start of First World War Britain declares war
28/08/1914	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] [North British Railway] North British Railway (Invergarry and Fort Augustus) vesting and confirmation act passed as the North British buys the line.
31/12/1914	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] [North British Railway] North British Railway buys line and railway hotel at Fort Augustus.
/ /1915	[North Eastern Railway] Bowesfield Juncton to Carlton (later Redmarshall) South Junction to Carlton West electrified for Shildon to Newport services.
/ /1915	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] RNAS Lenabo opened. (Royal Naval Airship Station, for spotting German Submarines).
/ /1915	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Bascule Bridge at Kilbowie Road replaced with steel bridge to allow trams to run.
09/08/1915	[Buckie and Portessie Branch] Closed to passengers, and to freight between Aultmore and Buckie.
18/08/1915	[Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway] ([North British Railway]) Methil Dock No. 3 closed for repairs.
14/12/1916	[Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] A major landslip at Ladhope Tunnel, just west of Galashiels station, blocks line.
/ /1917	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Railway to Lenabo opened.
/01/1917	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Ordens re-opened.
01/01/1917	[Cathcart District Railway] Pollockshields East and Crosshill stations closed for wartime economies.
01/01/1917	[Dunfermline Branch] ([Edinburgh and Northern Railway]) Sinclairtown, Halbeath, Kingskettle closed.
01/01/1917	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Possilpark closed to regular services, retained for workman trains
/ /1918	[Moray Coast Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Fochabers renamed Spey Bay.
/ /1918	[London and North Western Railway] Lease of the Nantyglo to Brynmawr railway expires.
05/11/1918	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Longside North signal box closed.
/ /1919	[Portpatrick Railway] Mansons tablet-catchers removed.
/ /1919	[Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway] ([North British Railway]) Methil Dock No. 3 re-opened.
01/03/1919	[Cathcart District Railway] Pollockshields East re-opened.
29/03/1919	[Cowdenbeath Loop] ([North British Railway]) All passenger trains start to use the Cowdenbeath (New) deviation.
01/05/1919	Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway) Sinclairtown, Halbeath, Kingskettle re-opened.
01/06/1919	[Cathcart District Railway] Crosshill re-opened.
03/08/1919	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Esslemont loop opened.
/ /1920	[Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway] Track uplifted for war effort and construction abandoned.
/ /1920	Billingham to Haverton Hill Loop North Shore Junction to Billingham Beck opened.
/ /1920	Gartshore Pit 3 Starts to work coal instead of ironstone, Pit 12 also driven alongside, to the north of the [Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]
30/05/1920	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Parkhill to Elrick signal box doubled.
/09/1920	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Ordens closed.
/ /1921	[Portpatrick Railway] A new large brick engine shed is opened at Newton Stewart in the V of the junction, replacing the wooden structure.
/ /1921	[Northumberland Central Railway] Fontburn renamed Fontburn Halt.
03/10/1921	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Leuchars Old station closed.
/ /1922	Hull and Barnsley Railway [North Eastern Railway] Line absorbed by the North Eastern Railway.
10/07/1922	[Pontypridd Caerphilly and Newport Railway] Tram Road Motor Halt, Pontypridd, closed when the [Great Western Railway] arranges for Newport trains to use the [Taff Vale Railway]s Pontypridd station.
15/11/1922	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Southbound freight train parts near Pinmore, the second portion catches up with the first portion and crashes into it.
/ /1923	[Portmadoc Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway] Opened in 1923 as the Welsh Highland Light Railway
/ /1923	[Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Melrose station's timber roof removed.
01/01/1923	Dundee and Newtyle Railway Arbroath and Forfar Railway Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Caledonian Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Callander and Oban Railway Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Highland Railway Cathcart District Railway Killin Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Committee Brechin and Edzell District Railway Dornoch Light Railway Wick and Lybster Light Railway Grouped into London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
01/01/1923	[North British Railway] [Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] [Forth and Clyde Junction Railway] [Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway] [Gifford and Garvald Railway] [Newburgh and North Fife Railway] [Lauder Light Railway] Great Central Railway Grouped into [London and North Eastern Railway].
01/01/1923	[Dundee and Arbroath Railway] Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Line Jointly owned by the [London, Midland and Scottish Railway] and the [London and North Eastern Railway].
01/01/1923	The Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Merged into the [London and North Eastern Railway]. Previously leased by the [North Eastern Railway].
01/07/1923	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Thornton renamed Thornton Junction.
07/09/1923	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Lenabo Railway closed.
/ /1924	Greenrigg Mine (Harthill) Fire.
/ /1924	Fort William Smelter Site clearance begins in Fort William to build a smelter for the British Aluminium Company.
/ /1924	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Parkhill to Elrick singled.
01/07/1924	[Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway] Bargoed and Aberbargoed renamed Aberbargoed
01/07/1924	[Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] Abercanaid and Pentrebach renamed Abercanaid
01/07/1924	[Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway] Aberthaw renamed Aberthaw Low Level.
/ /1925	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Esslemont loop and Up platform closed.
/ /1925	Fort William Smelter The Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway opened from the Fort William Smelter to Loch Treig. The line was opened in connection with the construction of the Aluminium works. Rather than close afterwards it was retained and improved for maintenance on the somewhat remote pipeline which served the hydro-electric scheme at the works.
01/07/1925	[Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Macmerry to Ormiston closed to passengers.
23/10/1925	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Elrick signal box closed.
23/10/1925	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Parkhill loop and box closed.
/ /1926	Birth of Elizabeth II
04/05/1926	[Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway] Aberthaw closed.
/ /1927	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Sunday trains, excursions, start on line.
11/07/1927	[Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway] Aberthaw re-opened.
23/10/1927	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Mintlaw North Signal box closed.
/12/1927	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] 14 locomotives snowed in along length of line. Train snowed in at Nantybwch for 12 hours at 1165 feet.
/ /1928	Gilmerton Pit (Gilmerton) To Fordell Mains (Midlothian) co cop, opens 2 new shafts
/ /1928	Fort William Smelter Power house under construction.
22/07/1928	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Northbound freight train de-rails just north of Pinwherry loop, after passing through the tightly curved station at speed.
29/09/1928	[Rosedale Branch] ([North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway]) Line closed.
/ /1929	H A Brassert & Co Report on proposed tidewater steelworks (convenient for importing Indian Iron Ore) for Scotland published
/05/1929	H.A. Brasset report Advising building a major new steelworks at a new port by the River Clyde at Erskine and focusing Scottish Iron and Steelmaking there
/06/1929	[Rosedale Branch] ([North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway]) Last locomotive brought down Ingleby Incline.
/ /1930	Garthamlock No 5&6 Pits Closed
14/04/1930	[Brecon and Merthyr Railway] Abertysswg closed
05/05/1930	[Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway] Cowbridge to Aberthaw closed to passengers. Aberthaw closed.
07/07/1930	[Kincardine Line] ([North British Railway]) Alloa (Kincardine Junction) to Dunfermline via Culross closed to passengers.
/09/1930	[Cornhill Branch] ([North Eastern Railway]) Closed to passengers.
22/09/1930	[Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Smeaton closed to passengers.
22/09/1930	[Dunfermline Branch] ([Edinburgh and Northern Railway]) Halbeath station closed.
/ /1931	Fort William Smelter Works to damn Loch Laggan, to add to Loch Treig.
01/06/1931	[Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway] Luffness Platform closed.
02/11/1931	[North Eastern Railway] Carlton to Wellfield closed to passengers.
16/05/1932	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Ellon North signal box closed.
/07/1932	[Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] Aberfan for Merthyr Vale renamed Aberfan
12/09/1932	[Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway] Gullane to Longniddry (Aberlady Junction) closed to passengers. Aberlady and Gullane closed.
31/10/1932	[Boddam Branch] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Boddam to Ellon and Cruden Bay Hotel Tramway closed to passengers.
31/10/1932	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] [Boddam Branch] closed to passengers.
01/11/1932	[Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway] Cowbridge to Aberthaw closed to freight.
03/04/1933	[Gifford and Garvald Railway] [Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Gifford to Edinburgh (Monktonhall Junction) closed to passengers.
/07/1933	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Bridge of Earn Junction to Newburgh [1st] singled and Glenburnie Junction to Ladybank singled. Newburgh [2nd] to Glenburnie Junction becomes a long loop.
02/10/1933	[Tay Bridge and associated lines] ([North British Railway]) Dundee Esplanade closed.
01/12/1933	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] Line closed to all but a weekly coal train.
01/12/1933	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] Fort Augustus to Spean Bridge closed to passengers. (Also given as 31/12/1933).
01/12/1933	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] Aberchalder closed.
/ /1934	Railway Air Services [London Midland and Scottish Railway] [London and North Eastern Railway] [Great Western Railway] [Southern Railway] Imperial Airways Railway Air Services formed by the LMS, LNER, GWR, SR and Imperial Airways. Airport opened at Renfrew
/ /1934	[Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Smeaton to Hardengreen Junction lifted.
/ /1934	Stewart & Lloyd Relocates tube works to Corby
01/10/1934	[Forth and Clyde Junction Railway] Closed as a through route. Closed to passengers from Balloch (Forth and Clyde Junction) to Gartness Junction and from Buchlyvie Junction to Stirling. The Gartness Junction to Buchlyvie Junction section was used by trains to Aberfoyle.
01/12/1934	[Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) East Pilton station opened.
/ /1935	[Portpatrick Railway] Stranraer Engine Depot classed 12H under Carlisle Kingmoor.
/ /1935	[Portpatrick Railway] Stranraer to Portpatrick starts to be operated as one engine in steam. Portpatrick box is moved to Barrhill on the former [Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway].
21/07/1935	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Maud Junction North and South signal boxes replaced by new South signal box.
/ /1936	Herbertshire Colliery Explosion in pit
/ /1937	[Portmadoc Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway] Closed, with the stations closed the previous year
/ /1937	[London and North Western Railway South Wales] Cwmbargoed branch closed.
/ /1937	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Second platform is added at Glenwhilly and the loop is extended to 12 carriages.
27/09/1937	Perth Almond Valley and Methven Railway Methven to Methven Junction closed to passengers.
/ /1938	[Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway] Balloch turntable replaced with a 60ft.
/ /1938	[Great Northern Railway] Abbotts Ripton renamed from Abbots Ripton.
/ /1939	[Portpatrick Railway] Dunragit to Castle Kennedy doubled.
/ /1939	[Portpatrick Railway] Brysons tablet-catcher installed. Only allows 50mph running, but is portable.
/ /1939	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] During Second World War the freight train runs every day in connection with logging activities
/ /1939	Start of Second World War
/ /1939	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Pinmore, Pinwherry, Barrhill and New Luce loops lengthened to 12 carriages. Bryson tablet exchange introduced.
/ /1939	Hartlepool Dock and Railway Hartlepool locomotive shed closed. Engines transferred to West Hartlepool shed.
/01/1939	Wester Gartshore Colliery Baths opened
01/01/1939	[Portpatrick Railway] Challoch Junction signalbox replaced with motorpoints operated from Dunragit.
19/05/1940	#Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway# The line is closed. It was used by the [Great Western Railway] briefly for storing spare stock
/ /1941	[Boddam Branch] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Cruden Bay Hotel Tramway closed to all traffic.
/02/1941	Military Port #1 Construction works begin with 1000 men
13/03/1941	Start of Clydebank Blitz
/11/1941	Willys Overland is joined by the Ford Motor Company in mass production of the Willys MB / Ford GPW for the war effort.
/ /1942	[Lanchester Railway Extension] ([North Eastern Railway]) High Westwood closed.
04/01/1942	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] New marshalling yard opened at Craigendoran
01/07/1942	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Kelvinside closed.
08/08/1942	Military Port #1 Officially opened
11/10/1942	[Portpatrick Railway] Cairnryan Junction signalbox for the [Cairnryan Military Railway] opened.
05/04/1943	[Fort George Branch] ([Highland Railway]) Fort George to Gollanfield Junction closed to passengers.
/ /1944	Fort William Smelter Flood waters of the River Spey diverted to Loch Laggan.
01/04/1944	[Buckie and Portessie Branch] Closed to freight between Portessie and Buckie.
/ /1945	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] Withdrawal of daily freight train.
/ /1945	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] [Boddam Branch] closed to freight and used for wagon storage before dismantling.
/ /1945	[Boddam Branch] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Line closed completely. Stations used as railway offices.
/ /1945	[Boddam Branch] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Entire line occupied by wagons awaiting repair.
10/12/1945	[Cathcart District Railway] Murder at Pollockshields East.
/ /1946	Start of Chinese Civil War
15/08/1946	Military Port #1 Leased to Metal Industries, shipbreakers
31/12/1946	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] Line closed and track lifting commences.
/ /1947	Forthbank Drift Mine Opened by the Alloa Coal Company
/ /1947	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Peterhead harbour line closed and lifted.
/ /1947	[Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway] Track lifted.
/ /1947	[Boddam Branch] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Cruden Bay Hotel demolished from 1947 to 1952. Remains used to build Charles Alexanders house at Bush near Montrose.
/ /1947	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Southbound train becomes trapped in snow south of Glenwhilly. After two nights passengers are taken to Glenwhilly. The train was stuck for a further 3 days.
01/01/1947	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] Fort Augustus to Spean Bridge closed to freight.
28/03/1947	[Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] One coach special run for prospective hiring (by a timber merchant). Line not hired.
/06/1947	Forthbank Mine Opened to the south-east of Alloa Harbour to replace Craigrie Pit
16/06/1947	Hartlepool Dock and Railway West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company Line between Hartlepool and West Hartlepool closed to public.
16/06/1947	[London and North Western Railway] P.S. Waverley maiden voyage. Based at Craigendoran Pier.
/ /1948	[Portpatrick Railway] Stranraer Engine Depot classed 68C. The sheds were rebuilt with girder joists instead of arches for entries.
/ /1948	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Fraserburgh section becomes main line and Peterhead line becomes branch.
/ /1948	~[London and North Western Railway] Adlington renamed Adlington (Cheshire)
/ /1948	[Kelso Branch] ([North British Railway]) Line used by expresses diverted from the East Coast Main Line.
01/01/1948	[British Railways] [Forth Bridge Railway] [London Midland and Scottish Railway] [London and North Eastern Railway] Britains railways are nationalised.
01/01/1948	[Forth and Clyde Canal] British Transport Commission British Transport Commission take over the Forth and Clyde Canal
31/12/1948	[Boddam Branch] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Boddam to Ellon officially closed.
/ /1949	Thankerton Colliery (Holytown) Closed
05/12/1949	[Portpatrick Railway] Gatehouse of Fleet closed.
05/12/1949	[North British Railway] Haddington to Longniddry closed to passengers.
/ /1950	[Boddam Branch] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Track lifted.
/ /1950	[Kelso Branch] ([North British Railway]) Line used by expresses diverted from the East Coast Main Line.
/ /1950	Gartshore Pits 9 and 11 New access mine opened
06/02/1950	[Portpatrick Railway] Portpatrick to Stranraer Town closed to passengers. Portpatrick and Colfin stations closed.
06/02/1950	[Portpatrick Railway] Portpatrick to Colfin closed to all traffic.
/03/1950	Wester Gartshore Colliery Closed
04/04/1950	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Parkhill closed.
20/05/1950	[Portpatrick Railway] Gatehouse of Fleet re-opened.
19/07/1950	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Abergavenny renamed Abergavenny Monmouth Road.
19/07/1950	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Abergavenny renamed Abergavenny Monmouth Road.
28/08/1950	~Belfast and Northern Counties (Derry Central) Aghadowey closed
15/09/1950	General MacArthur arrives in Korea with American Troops
01/11/1950	[Forth and Clyde Junction Railway] Closed for freight from Buchlyvie Junction to Mye Siding.
01/11/1950	[Forth and Clyde Junction Railway] Drymen to Gartness Junction closed to freight.
/ /1951	[Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company] Closed between Letty Brongu and Pontyrhyll
/ /1951	[Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] ([Great Western Railway] and [Rhymney Railway]) Branch over the river to Merthyr Vale Colliery closed.
/ /1951	[North British Railway] Cockburnspath station closed.
05/02/1951	[Beaufort Ironworks Tramway], [London and North Western Railway, South Wales] Link closed to passengers.
10/02/1951	[Newburgh and North Fife Railway] Closed to passenger trains
12/02/1951	[Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] Abercanaid closed
12/02/1951	[Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] Aberfan closed
12/02/1951	[Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] ([Great Western Railway] and [Rhymney Railway]) Closed to passengers.
12/02/1951	[Newburgh and North Fife Railway] Newburgh (Glenburnie Junction) to St Fort closed to passengers.
07/05/1951	[Portpatrick Railway] Palnure closed.
29/09/1951	[Forth and Clyde Junction Railway] Closed to passengers from Gartness Junction to Buchlyvie Junction.
29/09/1951	[Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway][Forth and Clyde Junction Railway][Blane Valley Railway][Campsie Branch] ([Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]) Aberfoyle to Kirkintilloch closed to passengers.
01/10/1951	Crieff and Methven Junction Railway Perth Almond Valley and Methven Railway Crieff to Perth (Almond Valley Junction) closed to passengers.
01/10/1951	[Fortrose Branch] ([Highland Railway]) Fortrose to Muir of Ord closed to passengers.
/ /1952	[Northumberland Central Railway] Closed to passengers.
07/04/1952	[Leith Central Branch] ([North British Railway]) Leith Central to Abbeyhill and Piershill closed to passengers.
02/05/1952	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Bowling closed.
09/06/1952	The Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Closed to passengers.
09/06/1952	Durham and Sunderland Railway Hartlepool Dock and Railway Sunderland to West Hartlepool service via Haswell withdrawn.
15/09/1952	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Esslemont closed.
01/12/1952	[Forth and Clyde Junction Railway] Mye Siding to Port of Monteith closed to freight.
/ /1953	[Lanchester Railway Extension] ([North Eastern Railway]) Shotley Bridge, Ebchester, Lintz Green, Swalwell closed to passengers.
/ /1953	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Drumry opened
02/03/1953	[Portpatrick Railway] Stranraer re-named Stranraer Town.
08/06/1953	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Helensburgh renamed Helensburgh Central
23/09/1953	[Rhymney Railway], [London and North Western Railway, South Wales] Joint line from Rhymney to Rhymney Bridge closed.
/ /1954	[Tonmawr Branch] ([Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company]) Margam Forge to Oakwood BR Link closed
/ /1954	Gartshore Colliery Re-built
/ /1954	[Lanchester Railway Extension] ([North Eastern Railway]) Rowlands Gill closed
/ /1954	Herbertshire Colliery Fire in mine
/01/1954	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Possil renamed Possil North.
/04/1954	[Bedale Branch] ([York Newcastle and Berwick Railway]) [Bedale and Leyburn Railway] [Hawes Branch NER] ([North Eastern Railway]) Closed to passengers.
20/09/1954	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Dairsie closed.
/11/1954	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] Abergavenny engine shed becomes sign-on point.
22/11/1954	[London and North Western Railway South Wales] Freight services transferred to [Great Western Railway] routes.
22/11/1954	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] Closed to through freights.
/ /1955	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Fraserburgh station roof cut back.
/ /1955	[Lanchester Railway Extension] ([North Eastern Railway]) Blackhill closed.
28/05/1955	[Newport Railway] Excursion train de-railed at Wormit.
13/06/1955	[Portpatrick Railway] Loch Skerrow Halt re-named Lochskerrow.
19/09/1955	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Bridge of Earn Junction to Ladybank closed to passengers. Stations at Abernethy, Newburgh [2nd] and Collessie closed.
19/09/1955	[Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) Parkhead station closed.
/ /1956	[Isle of Wight Newport Junction Railway] Closed from Newport to Sandown
08/01/1956	[Glasgow City and District Railway] [Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) [Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway] [Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway] ([Monkland Railways]) [Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway] [Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway] Last regular Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley via Shettleston, Coatbridge Sunnyside and Bathgate service runs.
09/01/1956	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Tayport (excluded) to Leuchars Junction [2nd] (excluded) closed to passengers. Leuchars Old (excluded) to Morton Siding (excluded) closed to all traffic.
27/04/1956	[Cathcart District Railway] Electrification authorised.
11/06/1956	Dundee and Perth Railway Magdelan Green closed
17/09/1956	[Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway] [Caerphilly Branch] ([Brecon and Merthyr Railway]) Passenger service from Pontypridd to Caerphilly and Machen withdrawn.
/ /1957	Forthbank Mine Closed
/ /1958	Forthbank Drift Mine Closed
/ /1958	Airth Colliery The NCB starts sinking a new mine by Airth station on the [South Alloa Branch] ([Scottish Central Railway])
/ /1958	Weedon, Daventry and Leamington Spa Branch ([London and North Western Railway]) Closed to passengers.
04/01/1958	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] Abergavenny engine shed closed.
06/01/1958	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] Abergavenny Brecon Road closed.
06/01/1958	[London and North Western Railway South Wales] Closed to passengers.
06/01/1958	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] Closed to passengers.
25/01/1958	[Cathcart District Railway] Cathcart station fire.
09/06/1958	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Stations between Pontypool Road and Hereford, excluding Abergavenny Monmouth Road, closed to goods.
09/06/1958	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Abergavenny Junction closed.
07/07/1958	[Cathcart District Railway] Diesel Multiple units appear on line.
11/08/1958	[Fort George Branch] ([Highland Railway]) Fort George to Gollanfield Junction closed to freight.
09/09/1958	[Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Newhaven signalbox re-painted for visit of King Olav of Norway.
15/09/1958	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Falkland Road station closed
15/09/1958	[Great Northern Railway] Abbots Ripton closed.
/ /1959	Gartshore Colliery Closed
/ /1959	[Portpatrick Railway] Newton Stewart shed closed.
/ /1959	[Portpatrick Railway] DMUs introduced on Stranraer to Glasgow workings.
/ /1959	[London and North Western Railway] Rugby to Leamington Spa closed to passengers.
/ /1959	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] DMUs introduced on Glasgow to Stranraer workings.
/ /1959	[Portpatrick Railway] Newton Stewart shed closed
/ /1959	Gartshore Pits 3 and 12 Closed
/02/1959	Airth Colliery Sinking of the new mine is abandoned as the NCB was losing �12 million a month.
01/04/1959	[Portpatrick Railway] Colfin to Stranraer Town closed to freight.
15/06/1959	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Partick Central renamed Kelvin Hall.
15/06/1959	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Mintlaw South signal box closed.
15/06/1959	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Brucklay signal box closed.
05/10/1959	[Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway][Forth and Clyde Junction Railway][Blane Valley Railway][Campsie Branch] ([Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]) Aberfoyle to Buchlyvie Junction to Gartness Junction to Campsie Glen (Lennox Castle Siding) closed to freight. Track not lifted until early 1960s.
05/10/1959	[Forth and Clyde Junction Railway] Jamestown to Drymen closed to freight.
05/10/1959	[Forth and Clyde Junction Railway] Port of Monteith to Stirling closed to freight.
/11/1959	Herbertshire Colliery Closed after difficulties opening new faces
02/11/1959	[Beaufort Ironworks Tramway], [London and North Western Railway, South Wales] Link closed completely.
/ /1960	[Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company] Closed between Cwmdu and Lletty Brongu
/ /1960	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway The double track between Blair Atholl and Dalwhinnie was singled with passing places at Dalnacardoch and Dalnaspidal.
/ /1960	Greenrigg Mine (Harthill) Closed
/ /1960	Dundee and Perth Railway Dundee West demolished to make way for the approach road to the Tay Road Bridge.
04/01/1960	[Northampton and Market Harborough Branch] ([London and North Western Railway]) Line closed to passengers.
18/01/1960	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Train stuck in snow North of Newmachar.
07/03/1960	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Grange to Grange North Junction closed to all traffic
04/04/1960	Newburgh and North Fife Railway Glenburnie Junction to Lindores [2nd] (excluded) closed to freight.
25/04/1960	[Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway] Dumbarton (East Junction) to Bowling (Dunglass Junction) closed to all traffic
02/05/1960	[Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Macmerry to Ormiston closed to freight. Goods depots at Macmerry and Winton closed.
02/05/1960	[Brecon and Merthyr Railway] Dowlais Central (formerly Lloyd Street) closed to passengers.
13/05/1960	[Newburgh and North Fife Railway] Glenburnie Junction to Lindores [2nd] (excluded) closed.
13/05/1960	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Newburgh [2nd] to Glenburnie Junction singled
13/06/1960	[Fortrose Branch] ([Highland Railway]) Fortrose to Muir of Ord closed to freight.
05/08/1960	[North British Railway] Petition against closure of Portobello starts.
04/11/1960	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Last steam trains from Queen Street Low Level to Helensburgh as line is electrified.
05/11/1960	Glasgow North Bank Electrification Service begins with electric services to termini at; Helensburgh Central, Balloch Pier, Singer Workers station, Milngavie, Bridgeton Central, Springburn, Airdrie. The new trains (303s) built at Pressed Steel, Linwood, became known as the Blue trains, these were used in all the Glasgow electrification schemes.
06/11/1960	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Crow Road closed.
07/11/1960	[St Combs Light Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) St Combs to Fraserburgh closed to freight.
/ /1961	[Forth and Clyde Canal] J&J Hays slip at Kirkintilloch closed to boat maintenance
/ /1961	[Harrogate Branch] ([York and North Midland Railway]) Wetherby West Junction to Wetherby East Junction closed
/01/1961	Gilmerton Pit (Gilmerton) Closed by NCB
12/04/1961	Yury Gagarin Circles the Earth in Vostok 1
02/10/1961	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Maryhill Park closed
13/11/1961	[Dowlais and Merthyr Joint Line] Closed to passengers.
10/12/1961	[Cathcart District Railway] Electrification complete.
/ /1962	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Swing bridge at Twechar, at 90 degrees to the canal, closed
/ /1962	[Portpatrick Railway] Stranraer Engine Depot classed 67F under Glasgow Corkerhill.
/ /1962	[Portpatrick Railway] [Cairnryan Military Railway] and Cairnryan Junction signalbox closed.
/ /1962	[Brecon and Merthyr Railway] Brecon (Free Street) closed.
/ /1962	[Forth and Clyde Canal] British Waterways Board Forth and Clyde Canal transferred to British Waterways Board
05/02/1962	[North British Railway] Ayton station closed.
05/02/1962	[North British Railway] Burnmouth station closed.
19/04/1962	North British Locomotive Company Liquidated. Goodwill bought by Barclays of Kilmarnock.
30/04/1962	[Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) [Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leith North passenger service withdrawn. Craigleith, Murrayfield, Granton Road, Newhaven and Leith North closed.
30/04/1962	[Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leith North to Edinburgh Princes St (Dalry Middle Junction) closed to passengers.
30/04/1962	[Beaufort Ironworks Tramway] Aberbeeg closed
30/04/1962	[Beaufort Ironworks Tramway] Closed to passengers.
27/05/1962	[Cathcart District Railway] Electric services commence.
27/05/1962	[Cathcart District Railway] Langside and Newlands renamed Langside.
13/10/1962	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Glasgow University Railway Society charter Ashton for a trip along the canal
31/12/1962	[Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway] Aberbargoed closed
31/12/1962	[Brecon and Merthyr Railway] Closed to passengers from Brecon to Newport.
31/12/1962	[Deri Branch] ([Rhymney Railway]), [Extension to Rumney Railway] ([Brecon and Merthyr Railway]) Line closed to passengers.
/ /1963	North British Locomotives Queens Park, Atlas and Hyde Park works closed.
/ /1963	[Northumberland Central Railway] Closed completely.
/ /1963	Weedon, Daventry and Leamington Spa Branch ([London and North Western Railway]) Closed to goods except the Marton to Southam section which was accessed by the Rugby to Marton line.
/ /1963	[Lanchester Railway Extension] ([North Eastern Railway]) Blackhill to Blaydon South Junction closed.
01/01/1963	[Forth and Clyde Canal] Canal closed
01/04/1963	[Extension to Rumney Railway] ([Brecon and Merthyr Railway]) Line closed to freight.
01/07/1963	[Caerphilly Branch] ([Brecon and Merthyr Railway]) Caerphilly to Newport workmen trains withdrawn.
20/07/1963	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Ruchill Goods and Hospital Branch closed.
09/09/1963	[Portpatrick Railway] Lochskerrow closed.
09/09/1963	[Carmarthen Branch] ([Llanelly Railway and Dock Company]) Abergwili closed
07/10/1963	#Tiverton and North Devon Railway# [Exe Valley Railway] ([Great Western Railway]) Dulverton to Tiverton (excluded) to Thorverton (excluded) closed.
07/10/1963	[Bethesda Branch] ([London and North Western Railway]) Line closed.
17/11/1963	[Kirkcaldy District Railway] ([North British Railway]) Invertiel to Cowdenbeath closed.
/ /1964	[Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company] Closed between Duffryn Junction (Port Talbot) and Cwmdu
/ /1964	[Glasgow Museum of Transport] Glasgow Museum given a collection of tramcars and the tramworks on the south side. A transport museum is setup in the works.
/ /1964	[Portpatrick Railway] Newton Stewart shed closed and track lifted on closure of the [Wigtownshire Railway].
/ /1964	[Hawes Branch NER] ([North Eastern Railway]) Redmire to Hawes closed.
/ /1964	[Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Fountainhall becomes de-staffed.
/ /1964	Forth Road Bridge Opened
/ /1964	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Pinmore signalbox and loop closed.
/ /1964	[Harrogate Branch] ([York and North Midland Railway]) Crimple Junction (Harrogate) to Wetherby closed
23/03/1964	Hartlepool Dock and Railway West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company Hartlepool to West Hartlepool line closed to school trains.
20/04/1964	[Moray Coast Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Lossie Junction to Buckie closed to freight.
/05/1964	[Aberdour Line] ([North British Railway]) Aberdour closed to goods.
04/05/1964	[North British Railway] Grantshouse station closed.
04/05/1964	[North British Railway] Reston station closed.
15/06/1964	[Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway] Gullane to Longniddry (Aberlady Junction) closed to freight. Line closed.
15/06/1964	[Kelso Branch] ([North British Railway]) Kelso to St Boswells (Kelso Junction) closed to passengers.
15/06/1964	[Kelso Branch NER] ([North Eastern Railway]) Kelso to Tweedsmouth closed to passengers. Alternative date 4/7/1955.
06/07/1964	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Banff to Tillynaught closed to passengers
08/08/1964	Newburgh and North Fife Railway St Fort to Lindores [2nd] closed.
01/09/1964	[Forth and Clyde Junction Railway] Croftengea Siding to Jamestown closed to freight.
07/09/1964	[Musselburgh Branch] ([North British Railway]) Closed to passengers.
07/09/1964	[Musselburgh Branch] ([North British Railway]) [Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway] Musselburgh to Joppa (Newhailes Junction) closed to passengers
05/10/1964	#Tiverton Branch# ([Bristol and Exeter Railway]) Closed to passengers
05/10/1964	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Dunglass Junction to Old Kilpatrick closed to freight
05/10/1964	Newburgh and North Fife Railway Lindores [2nd] to St Fort closed to freight.
05/10/1964	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Possil to Partick West (East Junction and West Junction) to Dunglass Junction closed to passengers
05/10/1964	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Partick North Junction to Partick East Junction closed to all traffic
/ /1965	[Portpatrick Railway] Troop trains run over line (Stranraer - Woodburn ([Wansbeck Railway])) for Northern Ireland.
/ /1965	[Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway] Kidwelly to Kidwelly Junction closed
/ /1965	Sunderland Station ([North Eastern Railway]) Station re-built and reduced to one island platform.
05/01/1965	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Arnage signal box closed.
05/01/1965	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Lonmay signal box closed.
25/01/1965	Perth Almond Valley and Methven Railway Methven Town to Methven Junction closed to freight.
01/03/1965	Solsgirth No2 Construction begins
29/03/1965	[Kelso Branch NER] ([North Eastern Railway]) Kelso to Tweedsmouth closed to freight
09/04/1965	[Forth and Clyde Junction Railway] Forth and Clyde Junction to Croftengea Siding closed to freight. (Alternative date 4/4/1965).
15/04/1965	Solsgirth No1 Construction begins
/05/1965	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Pontypool Road engine shed closed.
03/05/1965	Aberfeldy Branch (Inverness and Perth Junction Railway) Aberfeldy closed.
03/05/1965	Dundee and Perth Railway Dundee West to Buckingham West Junction closed to passengers.
04/05/1965	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] [St Combs Light Railway] closed completely.
04/05/1965	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Peterhead to Maud Junction closed to passengers. (Alternative date 3/5/1965).
04/05/1965	[St Combs Light Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) St Combs to Fraserburgh closed to passengers. (Alternative date 3/5/1964).
17/05/1965	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Peterhead signal box closed.
25/05/1965	[Gifford and Garvald Railway] [Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Saltoun to Smeaton closed to freight. Ormiston goods depot closed.
06/06/1965	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Pinmore, Pinwherry, Glenwhilly and New Luce stations closed.
12/06/1965	[Portpatrick Railway] Last passenger train on Port Road; the overnight Paddy to London.
14/06/1965	[Portpatrick Railway] Dunragit station closed.
14/06/1965	[Portpatrick Railway] Dunragit station closed.
14/06/1965	[Portpatrick Railway] Castle Kennedy station closed.
14/06/1965	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Number of trains on line increases after closure of the [Portpatrick Railway]. Trains are diverted to run via Mauchline to Girvan and the former Challoch Junction for Stranraer.
14/06/1965	[Portpatrick Railway] Palnure loop already lifted by this date
14/06/1965	Portpatrick Railway Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway Challoch Junction to Dumfries closed to passengers. Glenluce, Kirkcowan, Newton Stewart, Creetown, Gatehouse of Fleet, New Galloway, Parton and Crossmichael closed. The 'Paddy' is diverted via Mauchline and the former Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway.
14/06/1965	[Portpatrick Railway] [Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway] Challoch Junction to Cargenden/Drongan (excluded) closed to all traffic
23/08/1965	[Deri Branch] ([Rhymney Railway]), [Extension to Rumney Railway] ([Brecon and Merthyr Railway]) Line closed to freight.
06/09/1965	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Dallas Dhu Siding to Boat of Garten closed to freight.
02/10/1965	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Fraserburgh to Dyce Junction closed to passengers. (Alternative date 4/10/1965).
18/10/1965	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Forres to Aviemore closed to passengers.
18/10/1965	[Inverness and Perth Junction Railway] Dallas Dhu siding to Boat of Garten closed to all traffic.
18/10/1965	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Forres East Junction to Forres South Junction closed to passengers.
09/12/1965	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Newmachar signal box closed.
10/12/1965	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Longside South signal box closed.
/ /1966	Geddes Report Geddes Report on shipbuilding issued.
/ /1966	[Harrogate Branch] ([York and North Midland Railway]) Wetherby to Church Fenton closed
/ /1966	P and R Fleming Foundry (Partick, Glasgow) Closed.
11/01/1966	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Bridge of Earn Junction to Ladybank closed by rockfall at Clatchard Craig Quarry.
31/01/1966	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Possil to Patrick West Junction closed to freight. Alternative date 22/2/1966.
07/03/1966	[Portpatrick Railway] Stranraer Town to Stranraer Harbour Junction closed to passengers. Stranraer Town station closed.
22/05/1966	[Newport Railway] Newport-on-Tay East to Tayport closed, replacement bus starts.
22/05/1966	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Tayport, now a terminus from Wormit, closed.
23/05/1966	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Tayport to Spinning Mill Siding closed to goods.
23/05/1966	[Newport Railway] Newport-on-Tay East to Tayport closed to all traffic.
27/06/1966	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Strichen signal box closed.
27/06/1966	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Fraserburgh signal box closed.
27/06/1966	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Udny South signal box closed
06/07/1966	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Auchnagatt signal box closed.
13/08/1966	[Cathcart District Railway] Langside station fire.
15/08/1966	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Forres West Junction to Forres South Junction closed to all traffic.
/10/1966	[Portpatrick Railway] Stranraer Engine Depot closed.
/10/1966	[Brecon and Merthyr Railway] Merthyr to Vaynor Quarry closed.
03/10/1966	[Buckie and Portessie Branch] Closed to freight between Keith and Aultmore.
/ /1967	Hartlepool West Hartlepool The two towns merge.
/ /1967	Dysart Workshops (Dysart) Closed by NCB
/ /1967	George and William Bertram James Bertram Merge
/ /1967	[Portpatrick Railway] Track lifted between Challoch Junction and Cargenden/Drongan.
/ /1967	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Pontypool Road engine shed demolished. Sidings here and at Coedygric largely removed.
/ /1967	Albert Harbour (Greenock) Closed, and re-built as the Clydeport Container Terminal.
/ /1967	West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company West Hartlepool's straight shed and roundhouse closed.
/ /1967	Northburn Steel Works Closed
02/01/1967	[Newport Railway] Newport-on-Tay East to Tay Bridge South Junction closed to freight.
16/01/1967	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Line re-opened between Bridge or Earn Junction and Ladybank after clearing rockfall at Clatchard Craig Quarry and re-instating line.
08/05/1967	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Singer Works station closed and electrification removed.
21/05/1967	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Forres South Junction to Dallas Dhu Siding closed to freight.
21/05/1967	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Forres East Junction to Forres South Junction closed to freight.
05/06/1967	#Tiverton Branch# ([Bristol and Exeter Railway]) Closed to freight
19/06/1967	[North British Arbroath and Montrose Railway] Montrose to Broomfield Junction closed to freight.
/07/1967	[Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) Bellgrove closed to cattle traffic. The Glasgow Cattle Market was located by the station.
29/07/1967	[Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway] Pontypridd to Glyntaff goods depot closed.
04/09/1967	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Kingskettle station closed.
04/09/1967	[Granton Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) [Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Newhaven Junction to Coltfield Junction closed to freight.
18/09/1967	[Newport Railway] Newport-on-Tay East to Tayport bus ceases.
18/10/1967	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Ellon south signal box closed.
20/11/1967	[Caerphilly Branch] ([Brecon and Merthyr Railway]) 'Down' section closed, traffic diverted via Penrhos, Walnut Tree, Radyr and Cardiff.
18/12/1967	[Newport Railway] Newport-on-Tay East to Tayport official closure date (closed early due toTay Road Bridge works).
/ /1968	[Portpatrick Railway] Track lifting complete.
29/01/1968	[Grangemouth Railway] ([Forth and Clyde Canal] Company) Grangemouth to Falkirk Grahamston (Grangemouth Junction) closed to passengers.
28/02/1968	[Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) George Street Depot to Newhaven Junction closed to freight.
01/04/1968	[North British Railway] Haddington to Longniddry closed to freight.
01/04/1968	[Kelso Branch] ([North British Railway]) Kelso to St Boswells (Kelso Junction) closed to freight.
06/05/1968	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Abergavenny Monmouth Road renamed Abergavenny.
06/05/1968	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Abergavenny Monmouth Road renamed Abergavenny.
06/05/1968	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Banff to Tillynaught closed to freight
06/05/1968	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] [Moray Coast Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) [Morayshire Railway] Elgin to Buckie to Cairnie Junction closed to passengers.
06/05/1968	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] [Moray Coast Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Buckie to Cairnie Junction closed to all traffic.
05/08/1968	[Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leith North to George Street Depot closed to freight. (Accessed from former North British Railway lines latterly)
04/11/1968	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Boat of Garten to Aviemore North Signal closed to freight.
/ /1969	Gartshore Pits 3 and 12 Coal recovered from bing by Alexander Russell
/ /1969	David MacBrayne Ltd Scottish Transport Group Company comes under the control of the Scottish Transport Group
/ /1969	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Singer Works station closed completely.
06/01/1969	[Northampton and Market Harborough Branch] ([London and North Western Railway]) Line re-opened for through passenger trains.
06/01/1969	[Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway][Marquis of Lothians Waggonway][Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)][Border Union Railway][Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company] Edinburgh (Portobello East Junction) to Hawick to Carlisle (Port Carlisle Junction) closed to passengers. Newtongrange, Gorebridge, Tynehead, Heriot, Fountainhall, Stow, Galashiels [1st], Melrose, St Boswells, Hassendean, Hawick [2nd], Stobs, Shankend, Riccarton Junction, Steele Road, Newcastleton stations closed.
05/03/1969	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Maud Junction south signal box closed.
28/04/1969	[Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Gorebridge, Lady Victoria Pit, (excluded) to Hawick [2nd] officially closed to goods.
01/05/1969	[Northampton and Market Harborough Branch] ([London and North Western Railway]) Line closed to passengers.
05/05/1969	[Newport Railway] Wormit to Newport-on-Tay closed to passengers.
05/05/1969	[Newport Railway] Newport-on-Tay East to Dundee (Tay Bridge South) closed to passengers.
/07/1969	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Maryhill Park closed to goods
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06/10/1969	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Sinclairtown, Dysart, Thornton Junction stations closed.
/ /1970	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Crow Road station buildings demolished.
/ /1970	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Line between Blair Atholl and Dalwhinnie re-doubled. This was done in connection with the oil industry and anticipated extra traffic. The traffic did not increase as much as expected but the double track has been retained.
/ /1970	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Glenwhilly station demolished.
/ /1970	West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company West Hartlepool engine sheds demolished.
/ /1970	Solsgirth Mine Coal reached
05/01/1970	Glenfarg Line (North British Railway)Kinross-shire Railway Fife and Kinross Railway Cowdenbeath to Perth closed to passengers, Bridge of Earn [2nd] to Milnathort closed to goods, Cowdenbeath to Milnathort singled.
05/01/1970	Kinross-shire Railway Fife and Kinross Railway Glenfarg Line (North British Railway) Perth (Hilton Junction) to Cowdenbeath North Junction) closed to passengers.
05/01/1970	[Fife and Kinross Railway] [Glenfarg Line] ([North British Railway]) Bridge of Earn to Milnathort closed to all traffic.
/04/1970	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Closure of Thornton (62A) shed
/04/1970	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Closure of Dunfermline (62C) shed, Townhill wagon repair shops stabling point becomes 62C and gains allocation of locomotives
04/09/1970	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Peterhead to Maud Junction closed to freight. (Alternative date 4/9/1970).
07/12/1970	[Musselburgh Branch] ([North British Railway]) Closed to freight.
/ /1971	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] New Luce station demolished.
/ /1971	Fort William Smelter Line between pier and smelter lifted.
05/04/1971	[Merthyr Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway] Short remaining part of branch from Abergavenny Junction to Abergavenny Brecon Road closed to freight.
/07/1971	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Possilpark closed to goods
18/08/1971	[North Monkland Railway] Kipps Junction to Greengairs closed
/ /1972	Hartlepool Dock and Railway Coal staithes at Victoria Dock demolished.
/ /1972	Great Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive Formed
16/02/1972	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Tokenless block introduced between Ladybank and Hilton Junction. Bridge of Earn Junction signal-box closed.
/05/1972	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Newburgh [2nd] loop extended and each track signaled for bi-directional working.
01/05/1972	[Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway] Pontypool Road renamed Pontypool.
01/05/1972	[Leith Central Branch] ([North British Railway]) Leith Central (DMU servicing) to Abbeyhill Junction and Piershill Junction closed.
10/07/1972	[Northampton and Market Harborough Branch] ([London and North Western Railway]) Line re-opened for through passenger trains.
06/09/1972	[Musselburgh Branch] ([North British Railway]) [Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway] Musselburgh to Joppa (Newhailes Junction) closed to freight. (Alternative dates: 1971, 7/12/1970).
25/09/1972	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Craigendoran Pier closed to vessels (Use of the pier was then given over to small craft for a number of years).
01/01/1973	[Forth Bridge Connecting Lines] Dalmeny Junction to Winchburgh Junction closed to passengers
08/01/1973	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Withdrawal of direct daily Kirkcaldy to Glasgow Queen Street working.
21/04/1973	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Trackwork at Ladybank Works removed, but building not demolished.
/ /1974	Stockton and Hartlepool Railway West Hartlepool station's up platform closed and up and down trains now use the down platform. Signalling and track alterations were cheaper than installing new lifts for access to the up platform.
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06/10/1975	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Bridge of Earn Junction to Ladybank re-opened for passengers (after closure of the [Glenfarg Line]).
06/10/1975	Edinburgh and Northern Railway Some Perth to Edinburgh Waverley workings diverted from via Stirling to via Newburgh [2nd].
21/04/1976	[Cathcart District Railway] Pollockshields East station burnt down.
21/04/1976	[Cathcart District Railway] Pollockshields East station burns down.
11/10/1976	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Kilbowie to Yoker Ferry closed to freight
/ /1977	Fort William Smelter The Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway closed, some track remained by the works in Fort William.
/ /1978	[Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Dalkeith colliery closed.
/ /1978	Fort William Smelter Bridge over A82 removed.
23/10/1978	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Yoker Yard to Partick Central closed completely
/ /1979	North British Locomotive Company Hyde Park Works and Atlas Works demolished.
17/03/1979	[North British Railway] Tunnel collapse at Penmanshiel diversions of east coast trains via Carlisle required.
/10/1979	Perth and Dundee Railway 5 killed when two trains collide near Invergowrie when one over-runs a signal.
06/10/1979	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Newburgh [2nd] sidings removed pending removal of loop.
06/10/1979	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Closed to freight between Dyce Junction and Fraserburgh.
23/10/1979	[Formartine and Buchan Railway] Wagons and fixed assets recovered from line by train.
/ /1980	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Maryhill Shopping Centre built over the remains of Maryhill station. A single-track sized tunnel is left under the station with a single platform.
/ /1980	Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive Created from the Great Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive.
/ /1980	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Bridge over [Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] in Lambhill removed.
/ /1980	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] Banff buildings demolished.
/ /1980	[Boddam Branch] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Narrow-gauge Port Errol Railway (Cruden Bay to Slains Castle) opened.
/ /1980	[Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Dalkeith washery closed, line closed completely from Monktonhall Junction.
21/09/1980	[Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) Bellgrove station burnt down.
/10/1980	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Maryhill signal box burnt down, line to Anniesland closed. New box built on other side of track, but never used. The Maryhill to Anniesland section of the [Stobcross Railway] falls out of use.
/ /1981	[Edinburgh and Northern Railway] Signaling from Dalmeny to Cupar, Dunfermline and Cowdenbeath transferred to the new Edinburgh Signaling Centre.
/ /1981	Fort William Smelter Original furnace room demolished during modernisation.
16/08/1981	[Northampton and Market Harborough Branch] ([London and North Western Railway]) Line closed to passengers.
/ /1982	[Lanchester Railway Extension] ([North Eastern Railway]) Consett (Old) to Blackhill closed to freight.
/ /1983	[Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway] Burry Port to Kidwelly Junction closed
/ /1983	[Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway] Kidwelly to Kidwelly Junction re-opened
/ /1983	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] The preservation of the alignment between Partick and Possil is abandoned.
/ /1984	[Portpatrick Railway] Glasgow to Stranraer DMUs withdrawn and replaced with locomotive hauled SEALINK slam-door stock.
/ /1984	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] West Buchan Railway opened on former trackbed at Banff.
/ /1984	[Boddam Branch] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) Port Errol Railway track moved to Banff to become the West Buchan Railway.
/ /1984	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Glasgow to Stranraer DMUs withdrawn and replaced with locomotive hauled SEALINK slam-door stock.
/ /1985	Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive Adopt orange and black livery.
/ /1985	[Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] West Buchan Railway closed.
/ /1985	North British Railway Perth Pool built on the former goods yard of the North British Railway by Perth station.
/ /1985	Gartcosh Cold Strip Mill Closed
/ /1986	[Grangemouth Railway] ([Forth and Clyde Canal] Company) Fouldubs Junction to Bainsford Aluminium Works closed.
/ /1986	Gartcosh Steelworks Closed
/03/1986	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Chivas Brothers Siding (excluded) to Old Kilpatrick Naval Fuel Depot closed to freight
28/09/1986	[Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway] Balloch Pier closed to passengers. The electric catenary was used to electrify the Coatbridge Sunnyside to Whifflet line.
/ /1987	[Portpatrick Railway] SEALINK stock withdrawn and broken up at the Springburn works, replaced with other stock.
/ /1987	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] SEALINK stock withdrawn and broken up at the Springburn works, replaced with other stock.
/ /1987	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Chivas Brothers Siding to Dalmuir Riverside closed, Dalmuir Riverside to Clydebank disused but retained.
/08/1987	[Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] Sidings at the former Dalmuir Naval Shipyard ([Beardmore Shipyard]), by this time owned by Arnott Young, shipbreakers, fall out of use.
/ /1988	[Glasgow Museum of Transport] Moves from the old tram depot on the south side to the Kelvin Hall. The tram works becomes the Tramway Theatre.
/ /1988	Solsgirth Mine Driven through to Castlebridge Mine
24/04/1988	[Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway] Balloch (New) opened. Balloch signal box, level crossing and the remaining single track to Balloch Central taken out of use.
03/10/1988	[Portpatrick Railway] Class 156 Sprinters introduced on line.
03/10/1988	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Class 156 Sprinters introduced.
/ /1989	Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway) Millerhill Yard Junction (by Millerhill MPD, approximate location of the former Cairnie station) to Millerhill Junction (south of the former Millerhill station) closed.
06/03/1989	[Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) [City of Glasgow Union Railway] Crash at Bellgrove station when a train leaves Bellgrove station passing a red light (SPAD) and runs onto the single lead of the Springburn line striking a train leaving the branch. 2 were killed and 40 injured.
/ /1990	[Portpatrick Railway] Stranraer to Euston sleeper withdrawn.
/ /1990	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Stranraer to Euston sleeper withdrawn.
/ /1991	[North British Railway] North British Hotel, Edinburgh, becomes the Balmoral.
/ /1992	[Bedale Branch] ([York Newcastle and Berwick Railway]) [Bedale and Leyburn Railway] [Hawes Branch NER] ([North Eastern Railway]) Northallerton to Redmire closed to Limestone traffic from Redmire. Line mothballed.
/ /1992	[Dunfermline Branch] ([Edinburgh and Northern Railway]) Glenrothes with Thornton opened.
/ /1992	[Girvan and Portpatrick Railway] Pinwherry signalbox and loop removed.
02/12/1993	[Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway] Queen Street High Level to Maryhill re-opened for local passenger service (Stations at; Maryhill, Lambhill, Summerston, Possilpark, Ashfield), trains continue to Knightswood West Junction to swap tracks.
/06/1994	[North British Railway] Wallyford station opened.
/ /1996	Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive Adopt a red and cream livery, replacing the orange and black one.
/ /1996	[Bedale Branch] ([York Newcastle and Berwick Railway]) [Bedale and Leyburn Railway] [Hawes Branch NER] ([North Eastern Railway]) Line re-opened to Redmire for military traffic to Catterick Camp.
/03/1997	[Grangemouth Railway] ([Forth and Clyde Canal] Company) Grangemouth Docks to Fouldubs Junction re-opened to freight.
/04/1997	[Kincardine Line] ([North British Railway]) Longannet to Kincardine Power station re-opened to freight.
/03/1998	[Aberdour Line] ([North British Railway]) Dalgety Bay station opened.
/07/1998	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Aviemore station re-opened and Aviemore Speyside station closed.
/ /1999	[Great North of Scotland Railway] Listed, but decrepit, station buildings at Huntly replaced with new building.
29/07/2000	Strathclyde Passenger Transport Final class 101 DMUs withdrawn
17/10/2000	Great North Eastern Railway GNER London to Leeds train de-rails and crashes at Hatfield, killing 4 people, when the railway track breaks due to gauge corner cracking. The fault in the track was known, but had not been corrected.
28/02/2001	Great North Eastern Railway GNER York to London train crashes into a Landrover and trailer carrying a car (which had fallen from the M62), then de-rails and hits a Freightliner train at Great Heck near Selby
02/04/2001	Strathclyde Passenger Transport First run of class 334
06/05/2001	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Accident at Moulinearn Level Crossing. An occupant of a car hit by a train at the crossing later died.
03/06/2002	[Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Portobello East Junction to Niddrie South Junction and Niddrie South Junction to Newcraighall re-opened to passengers with a stations at Brunstane and Newcraighall. A long reversing spur was provided south of Newcraighall from the new Newcraighall Junction.
06/09/2015	Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)Millerhill Deviation (Network Rail) Newcraighall North Junction to Tweedbank opened to passengers with stations at Shawfair, Eskbank, Newtongrange, Gorebridge, Stow, Galashiels and Tweedbank. Newcraighall Junction renamed Newcraighall South Junction.

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