Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway

Bathgate & Coatbridge Railway
Coatbridge Sunnyside
Greenside Junction
western end of B&CR
Coatdyke
Airdrie
Drumgelloch (1st station)
Airdrie East
Drumgelloch
site of Clarkston station
Brownieside Junction
Plains
Caldercruix
Forrestfield
Westcraigs (1st station)
Armadale (1st station)
Polkemmet Junction
eastern end of B&CR
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Bathgate Branch of
Monkland Railways
Bathgate (Upper)
Bathgate
(original)
Bathgate Middle Junction
Bathgate
(present)

The Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway, also known as the "New Monkland Line", was built by Monkland Railways. It opened on 28 July 1863. The line was absorbed into the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on 31 July 1865. The following day (1 August 1865), the line became part of the North British Railway.

Closure

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The last regular passenger train along this route between Glasgow and Edinburgh ran on 8 January 1956 (the line henceforth being closed to passengers east of Airdrie). Freight services continued until February 1982, then the line was lifted.

Connections to other lines

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Reopening

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The section between Drumgelloch and Bathgate was reopened and electrified in October 2010, thus linking the current North Clyde Line with the Edinburgh to Bathgate Line. Work to reopen the line started with a sod cutting ceremony in June 2007.

References

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  • Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link