Coatbridge Branch (NBR)

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Coatbridge Branch
LUECKE
   Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
BHF
Coatbridge Sunnyside (M&KR)
ABZrg HSTR HLUECKE
Sunnyside Junction
exHLUECKE exHSTR eABZrf
   Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway   
HLUECKE HSTR KRZu HSTR HLUECKE
   Caledonian Railway Main Line   
BHF
Blairhill
BHF
Bargeddie
BHF
Easterhouse
BHF
Garrowhill
STR exLUECKE
   Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
eABZrg exHSTR exSTRrf
Shettleston Junction
BHF
Shettleston
BHF
Carntyne
STR exENDEa
Dyewood Mills
eABZrg exABZ3rf exENDEl
Carntyne Iron and Steel
exSTRrg eABZrf
Parkhead North Junction
exSTR eBHF
Parkhead North
exHLUECKE exHSTR exKRZu eKRZu exHSTR exHLUECKE
   The Switchback (CR)   
exSTR eDST
Camlachie Goods
HLUECKE HBHF eABZgf STR
Alexandra Parade (CoGUR)   City of Glasgow Union Railway
BHF STR
Duke Street (CoGUR)
STRlf ABZlg
Bellgrove Junction
BHF
Bellgrove
exSTRrg ABZdlf eABZ3lg STRlg
High Street East Junction
exSTR STR exKBFe STR
College
exKDSe STR STR
High Street Goods
STR LUECKE
   City of Glasgow Union Railway
LUECKE
   Glasgow City and District Railway

The Coatbridge Branch was a railway that ran between Bellgrove in the east end of Glasgow and Coatbridge and built by the North British Railway, which in turn became part of the LNER on 1 January 1923.

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[edit] History


The line opened between College and Coatbridge on 1 February 1871. College closed to passengers 15 March 1886, although the goods station remained open until the early 1980s. The only other station to close on the line was Parkhead on 19 September 1958.

[edit] Connections to other lines

[edit] Current operations

Apart for College, the line is open to passenger traffic, served by First ScotRail on the North Clyde Line.

[edit] Sources

  • Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.