Waterside Junction to Bridgend Junction (North British Railway)

Introduction

This double track line was opened largely for the benefit of Bairds. The line was double track already from Bridgend Junction to Garnqueen South Junction.




Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

The line from Garnqueen divided into three here. Going to the north west, the original M&K route, two single track lines ran in parallel, giving the appearance of a double track line. The western track ran to Garngaber High Junction, the eastern to Woodley Junction. A newer route to Waterside Junction ran to the north. This later route was a conventional double track.
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Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
Garngaber Curve (Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway)
Looking north at the junction between the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway and a short spur which connected it to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway ...
Ewan Crawford //
View south at Bridgend Junction in 1997 seen from the site of the signalbox. Here the M&K (right) met the North British's 1895 connection to the E&G ...
Ewan Crawford //1997
Monkland & Kirkintilloch Railway bridge under Muckcroft Road N of Bridgend Junction c. 1980. ...
Alistair MacKenzie //1980
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This junction opened in 1895 with a North British Railway built connection from Waterside (on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) south to Bridgend Junction (on the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway. It allowed westbound trains on E&G to reach the blast furnaces around Coatbridge without having to run round and reverse at Garngaber High Junction.
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Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
In June 1988, a morning Glasgow Queen Street to Dunblane service is captured en route between Lenzie and Croy. The location is near the former ...
Mark Dufton /06/1988
Eastbound on the E&G in 1988. The view is from the Wester Gartshore bing and shows Waterside Junction, the M&K link built for Bairds to link their ...
Ewan Crawford //1988
All blue Class 104 dmu heads east past Fauldhead the miners village, with its water tower. situated between Waterside and Garngaber Junctions. ...
Brian Forbes //1988
DMU heading east viewed from the top of the Wester Gartshore bing in 1988. Near here an east facing junction was made with a spur from the Monkland ...
Ewan Crawford //1988
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