Coatbridge Branch (NBR)

The Coatbridge Branch of the North British Railway was a railway built to connect the important coal and iron industrial districts of Coatbridge and Airdrie directly to Glasgow for the North British Railway.

Coatbridge Branch
Overview
Statusoperational
LocaleScotland
Service
Operator(s)ScotRail
History
Opened1871 (1871)
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
Coatbridge Sunnyside
(M&KR)
Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
Sunnyside Junction
Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
Blairhill
Bargeddie
Easterhouse
Garrowhill
Shettleston Junction
Shettleston
Carntyne
Dyewood Mills
Carntyne Iron and Steel
Parkhead North Junction
Parkhead North
The Switchback (CR)
Camlachie Goods
Alexandra Parade
Duke Street
Bellgrove Junction
Bellgrove
High Street East Junction
High Street Goods
College

It opened in 1871 connecting an existing network in the Monklands to a College station (later High Street) in Glasgow. This enabled mineral traffic to reach quays on the River Clyde, and passenger traffic was given a considerable boost when the Glasgow City and District Railway opened in 1886, connecting the Coatbridge line with the North Clyde network west of Glasgow.

The line is open today, handling a considerable suburban passenger traffic and through trains to Edinburgh on the Bathgate route.

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