RAILSCOT | Kipps

Station

Kipps

Opened on the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway.

Nearby stations Coatdyke Coatbridge Sunnyside Howes Coatbridge Central [NB] Coatbridge Central Airdrie [Leaend] Calder Whifflet Upper Whifflet [NB] Whifflet Lower Whifflet Whifflet [CR] Blairhill Calder Iron Works [Station] Commonhead (Airdrie North)	Greenside Works Mosside Works Kipps Shed Old Gasometer Kipps Junction Old Gasometer New Gasometer Waverley Iron and Steel Works Kipps Brick Works Greenside Junction Ironstone Pit Northburn Steel Works Kipps Quarry Sun Foundry Kipps Yard
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

08/07/1828	Ballochney Railway Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway A passenger service from Airdrie to Glasgow advertised (before opening, or when partly opened?). A horse drawn spring-less coach ran over the Ballochney Railway from Airdrie Leaend to Kipps, the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway from Kipps to Kirkintilloch Basin and, after connecting with track boats on the Forth and Clyde Canal, passengers reached Glasgow.
31/08/1840	Slamannan Railway Ballochney Railway Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Passenger service from Edinburgh to Glasgow introduced by the Slamannan Railway. A trackboat along the Union Canal from Edinburgh to Causewayend Basin was followed by a train from Causewayend [SR] to Arbuckle along the Slamannan Railway. Running powers were then used from Arbuckle to Kipps via the Ballochney Railway, from Kipps to Gartsherrie [GGR] via the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway and Gartsherrie to Glasgow Townhead over the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway. (Alternative date 05 August.)
/ /1881	Waverley Iron Works Opened on Colonel Buchanan's lands at Kipps.