Whifflet Line
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| Whifflet Line |
| Principal stations
Glasgow Central Carmyle Mount Vernon Baillieston Bargeddie Kirkwood Whifflet |
The line was built between 1861 and 1863 as the Rutherglen to Coatbridge [Whifflet] branch of the Caledonian Railway.It opened to goods traffic [mainly coal and iron]in September,1863 and to passengers in November,1865. It has been in continuous operation ever since.
| Railway lines in Scotland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main lines: | East Coast - West Coast - Ayrshire Coast, Glasgow-Dundee (via Perth) - Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Carstairs) - Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Falkirk) - Edinburgh-Aberdeen - Glasgow South Western - Highland | |
| Glasgow commuter lines: | █ Argyle - █ Ayrshire Coast - █ Cathcart Circle - █ Croy - █ Cumbernauld - █ Inverclyde - █ Maryhill - █ Motherwell-Cumbernauld - █ North Clyde - █ Paisley Canal - █ Shotts - █ South Western - █ Whifflet | |
| Edinburgh commuter lines: | █ Bathgate - █ Crossrail - █ Dunblane - █ Fife Circle - █ North Berwick - █ Shotts | |
| Rural lines: | Aberdeen-Inverness - Far North - Kyle of Lochalsh - West Highland | |
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