This Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway curve never opened but the earthworks still partly remain.
Jim McEwan wrote about this link in Caledonian Railway Association ^s ^The True Line^ No.10 August 1985. He said:
The abandoned link between the CR and the E&G at Castlecary was an E&G promotion done at the time when it appeared possible for the CR and E&G to come to agree to joint purse working. The abandoned line was to enable E&G trains to use Buchanan Street station, and when negotiations for the joint purse fell through, the CR interdicted the E&G against completing the spur.
Nearby stations Castlecary Dennyloanhead Banknock Upper Greenhill Greenhill Bonnybridge Canal Goods Bonnybridge Central Bonnybridge Dullator Denny Cumbernauld Colzium Greenfaulds Croy Kilsyth (New) | Castlecary Viaduct Fireclay and Limeworks Castlecary Fireclay Works Abronhill Tunnel Banknock Colliery Cannerton Pit Cannerton Brickworks Knowehead Colliery Banknock Colliery Livingstone Pit Coneypark Colliery Pit No 4 Greenhill Upper Junction New Bonnyrigg Pit Upper Bonnyrigg Pit Tourist/other Castlecary Roman Fort Bankier Quay Bankier Distillery |
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. |
/ /1872 | North British Railway
Caledonian Railway Authorisation of a connecting line between the North British Railway and Caledonian Railway. (Castlecary Curve?) |