Cleland and Midcalder Line

Cleland and Midcalder Line
(Caledonian Railway)

Locale Scotland
Dates of operation 9 July 1869 31 December 1922
Successor London Midland and Scottish Railway
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Headquarters Glasgow
Legend
Kirknewton(CR)
Midcalder Junction
Newpark
Limefield Junction
West Calder
Addiewell
Woodmuir Junction
Breich
Crofthead Goods Depot
Fauldhouse
Benhar West Branch Siding
Shotts Goods Depot
Shotts
Hartwood

Omoa(now Cleland)
Cleland Junction
Cleland (Old)
Newarthill Junction
Newarthill Goods
Carfin

Wishaw Deviation Line
Holytown South Junction
Holytown
Mossend East Junction

Mossend West Junction
Bellshill
Clydesdale Junction Railway

Uddingston Junction

Uddingston(CJR) Clydesdale Junction Railway

Cleland and Midcalder Line is a historic railway line in Scotland. Built by the Caledonian Railway and opened in 1869,[1] it provides a link between Glasgow and Edinburgh through the mining communities of Lanarkshire and West Lothian.

History

The line was built by the Caledonian Railway to serve a variety of industrial locations, including collieries, iron mines and an oil works near Addiewell. It followed the route of an earlier private industrial line built to serve a number of mines in the area.[2] The line became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the 1923 Grouping, then the Scottish Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in January 1948. None of the industries once served by the line still survive - the last of the collieries served by it (at Polkemmet) having closed down in 1986.

Connections to other lines

Current operations

The line is open, being electrified between Uddingston Junction and Holytown South Junction.

References

Notes

  1. RAILSCOT
  2. Railscot - Cleland & Midcalder LineRailscot; Retrieved 2014-01-24

Sources

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