Clydesdale Junction Railway

v t e Clydesdale Junction Railway
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Wishaw and Coltness Railway (latterly CR Main Line) CR Coalburn Branch Motherwell (New) Lesmahagow Junction Motherwell Deviation Line of CR Main Line Cleland and Midcalder Line Uddingston Junction Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway Uddingston Hamilton Branch Caledonian Railway Newton Rutherglen & Coatbridge Rly Kirkhill Junction Lanarkshire & Ayrshire Rly Carmyle (R&CR / GCR) Cambuslang (CJR) Glasgow Central Railway River Clyde Rutherglen Central Junction Rutherglen joint with GCR 1 Glasgow Central Railway 2 1: Rutherglen North Junction 2: Rutherglen West Junction Polloc and Govan Railway

The Clydesdale Junction Railway company was formed to build a railway connecting Motherwell and Hamilton with Glasgow, in Scotland.

Conceived for local journeys, it was used by the main line Caledonian Railway to get access to Glasgow, and was soon taken over by the larger company. The route formed an alternative main line to Glasgow for the Caledonian, and eventually was the dominant route to the city.

Although the Company was taken over before completion of its line, its short route remains in heavy use today as part of the West Coast Main Line, carrying heavy inter-city and suburban traffic, and some freight.