Rutherglen Tunnel
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Rutherglen Tunnel (1840-1915)Opened on the Clydesdale Junction Railway.
Description
This short tunnel under Glasgow Road and New Road, Rutherglen, was west of Rutherglen West Junction and east of Shawfield Junction.
Initially a double track tunnel it was later increased to four (suspect single bore added to north and south).
It was fully opened out with the Glasgow Road being carried on a bridge and New Street being diverted to the south to form a new junction with Glasgow Road. Authorisation was given in 1910. (Built between 1910 and 1914.)
Tags
Tunnel02/07/2020
Chronology Dates
| / /1910 | Polloc and Govan Railway
Clydesdale Junction Railway Opening out of Rutherglen Tunnel - Glasgow Road Bridge lengthening and stopping up and diversion of New Street authorised. |
