Whifflet Extension (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway)
Introduction
This line extended the Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway south through Coatbridge to meet the Wishaw and Coltness Railway in Whifflet, which bypassed the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway and the numerous sidings and curves in the Gartsherrie and Coatbridge area. The line remains open today, a double track main line, part of the West Coast Main Line.
Locations along the line
These locations are along the line.
This was the junction between the 1831 Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway and its 1843/5 branch to Coatbridge Central.
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Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway
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Alastair McLellan 29/07/2017
Alastair McLellan 29/06/2019
Ewan Crawford 03/05/1997
The Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway's 1831 alignment was a little ...
Ewan Crawford //1989
This station opened with the 1843 branch of the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway to Coatbridge [CR]. It was located on the curve from Gartsherrie North Junction to Gartsherrie South Junction, the latter being the southern end of a chord opened in 1848 with the Caledonian Railway. It replaced the older Gartsherrie [GGR] station which was on the original course of the Garnkirk ...
More detailsThis junction was formed in 1848 when a short connecting line of the Caledonian Railway was put in between the 1843 Coatbridge Central branch of the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway at Gartsherrie South Junction and Gartsherrie NB Junction (to the north) on the 1826 Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway.
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Caledonian Railway
Bill Roberton /11/1977
Bill Roberton /11/1977
Ewan Crawford //1997
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More detailsThis is a road/rail container depot in the north of Coatbridge laid on the west side of the Motherwell-Mossend-Coatbridge-Cumbernauld-Greenhill portion of the West Coast Main Line. Specifically the lines are on the west side of former Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway just south of Gartsherrie South Junction.
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Alastair McLellan 12/07/2017
John Yellowlees 13/04/2016
David Spaven //2001
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More detailsThis is a three platform station located immediately north of Coatbridge Junction. The southbound platform is an island.
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Alastair McLellan 17/07/2020
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Alastair McLellan 17/07/2020
Ken Browne 09/03/2017
Ken Browne 29/09/2015
This is the junction between the Whifflet Extension (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway) of 1845 and the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway) of 1865. The junction gave access from the north to the Rutherglen route. Whifflet North Junction provides access from the south, completing a triangular junction with Langloan Junction to the west.
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Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway)
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Alastair McLellan 01/11/2017
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 01/08/1961
Bill Jamieson 07/03/1971
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Alastair McLellan 07/05/2019
This is the junction between the 1845 Whifflet Extension (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway) and the 1865 Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway). The junction allows a train from the Glasgow direction to enter Whifflet station and continue south towards Mossend Marshalling Yard.
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Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway)
John Furnevel 24/08/2006
Roger Geach 09/05/1986
Alastair McLellan //1980
Bill Roberton 27/09/2010
This is a two platform station. The present station is very close to the site of the first Whifflet station, originally spelled Whifflat. It was just to the south east at Whifflet South Junction.
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Bill Roberton 24/09/2019
Alastair McLellan 28/07/2017
David Panton 05/08/2017
David Panton 22/06/2019
This two platform station was just north of Whifflet North Junction on the Whifflet Extension (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway).
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This junction is to the south of Whifflet station. It was formed in 1845 when the 1834 portion of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway was met by the Whifflet Extension (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway).
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Wishaw and Coltness Railway
Network Rail /08/2022
Network Rail /08/2022
Alastair McLellan 15/12/2016
