Glasgow City and District Railway

Glasgow City and District Railway
City of Glasgow
Union Railway
(NBR) Coatbridge Branch
Bellgrove Junction
Bridgeton Central
(CoGUR)
Bellgrove
High Street East Junction
Gallowgate Central
(CB)
High Street Goods
(CB)
College
City of Glasgow
Union Railway
High Street West Junction
High Street
Queen Street (low level)
Charing Cross
Finnieston
Glasgow Central Railway
Glasgow Central Railway
 Stobcross
(GCR)
Finnieston West Junction
(L&DR)
Partick Central
Kelvinhaugh Junction
(SR)
Partickhill
(SR)
Hyndland
Lanarkshire and
Dumbartonshire Railway
Jordanhill
(WR)
Whiteinch North Junction
Whiteinch West Junction
(SR)
Anniesland
Whiteinch Railway
Maryhill Park Junction
Knightswood North Junction
Glasgow, Dumbarton and
Helensburgh Railway
Glasgow, Dumbarton and
Helensburgh Railway
 Westerton
(GD&HR)
Railways
CB
Coatbridge Branch (NBR)
CoGUR
City of Glasgow Union Railway (NBR)
GCR
Glasgow Central Railway (CR)
GD&HR
Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway (NBR)
L&DR
Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway (CR)
NBR
North British Railway
SR
Stobcross Railway (NBR)
WR
Whiteinch Railway (NBR)

The Glasgow City and District Railway was a sub-surface railway line in Glasgow, Scotland, built to connect suburban routes east and west of the city, and to relieve congestion at the Queen Street terminus.

Construction of the cut-and-cover route, only the fourth such in Great Britain, was formidably complex, but the line opened in 1886. It was steam operated, leading to complaints about smoky conditions. It had a four-platform low level station at Queen Street, and was heavily used.

The line was electrified in 1960 and today forms the central part of the North Clyde electric railway network.

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