Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway

Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Cowlairs Tunnel
Glasgow Queen Street
Sighthill Junction
Pinkston North
Springburn
Craighall
Cowlairs
Cowlairs Junction
Bishopbriggs
Lenzie
Monkland Junction
Middlemuir Junction
Garngaber Goods
Croy
Dullatur
Castlecary
Upper Greenhill
Greenhill Upper Junction
originally Scottish Central Jn
Greenhill Lower Junction
Bonnybridge High
Falkirk High
Falkirk Tunnel
Polmont Junction
Polmont
Coatbridge Line Junction
Bo'ness High Junction
Manuel High Level
Lochmill Goods
Linlithgow
Philpstoun
Port Edgar
Winchburgh Junction
New Halls
Winchburgh
South Queensferry Halt
Winchburgh Tunnel
Broxburn Oil
Dalmeny
Dalmeny North Junction
Bathgate Junction
Dalmeny South Junction
Kirkliston
Turnhouse
Edinburgh Gateway
Ratho
Ingliston Colliery
Gogar
South Gyle
Edinburgh Park
Saughton Junction
Corstorphine
Saughton
Pinkhill
Balgreen Halt
Haymarket West Junction
Haymarket Central Junction
Haymarket East Junction
Haymarket
Haymarket Tunnel
Mound Tunnel
Edinburgh Waverley

The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was authorised by act of Parliament on 4 July 1838.[1][page needed][2][page needed] It was opened to passenger traffic on 21 February 1842, between its Glasgow Queen Street railway station (sometimes referred to at first as Dundas Street) and Haymarket railway station in Edinburgh. Construction cost £1,200,000 for 46 miles (74 km). The intermediate stations were at Corstorphine (later Saughton), Gogar, Ratho, Winchburgh, Linlithgow, Polmont, Falkirk, Castlecary, Croy, Kirkintilloch (later Lenzie) and Bishopbriggs. There was a ticket platform at Cowlairs. The line was extended eastwards from Haymarket to North Bridge in 1846, and a joint station for connection with the North British Railway was opened on what is now Edinburgh Waverley railway station in 1847.

Patronage on the line quickly reached double the railway's initial estimates, and by 1850 58 locomotives and 216 coaches were needed to handle the traffic. Goods traffic started in March 1842 and slowly increased, overtaking passenger revenue by 1855.[1][page needed]

The line still runs today as the main line between Edinburgh and Glasgow. It was electrified and improved under the auspices of the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme.[3] 8-car electric Class 385 trains started operating from Monday 29 July 2019 between Glasgow and Edinburgh via Falkirk High.[4] The fastest trains are scheduled to take 42 minutes.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference paterson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference carter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "EGIP - Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme". www.egip.info. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  4. ^ "ScotRail introduces first eight-carriage Class 385 trains | ScotRail". www.scotrail.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Glasgow Queen Street – Edinburgh via Falkirk High timetable" (PDF). 19 May 2019.