West and east of Glasgow Glasgow City and District Railway

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system map of glasgow city , district railway


for many years passenger , goods trade between glasgow , communities , industries west of glasgow carried on boat. north bank of clyde relatively unpopulated far bowling, basin of forth , clyde canal entered river; beyond dumbarton centre of industry; , beyond dumbarton lay towns of firth of clyde.


in 1858 glasgow, dumbarton , helensburgh railway (gd&hr) opened, connecting city purely local railway connected bowling , balloch, on loch lomond. @ last north bank of clyde had through railway connection. built-up area of glasgow prevented gd&hr building directly west city, , line made large circuit round north of glasgow. there still no attempt @ suburban service: first station glasgow maryhill, isolated village, , dalmuir.


the gd&hr joined edinburgh , glasgow railway @ cowlairs, , absorbed company in 1862; e&gr absorbed north british railway in 1865.


on east side, monklands area around airdrie , coatbridge had become centre of iron industries; had extensive seams of quality coal , of blackband ironstone. wealthy industrial district in area served caledonian railway , north british railway sought build direct line coatbridge glasgow, participate in available business. opened coatbridge branch in 1871. glasgow terminus called college, @ site vacated purpose university of glasgow; not convenient city centre. nbr had collaborated glasgow , south western railway (g&swr) in construction of city of glasgow union railway, opened college in 1871, crossing river clyde , linking g&swr network nbr line.


at last separate radiating railways around glasgow becoming linked, , suburban passenger railway, , exchange of goods traffic, thought of.


the nbr network developed west of city, driven chiefly expansion westwards of heavy industry , of docking facilities steamers. stobcross railway opened in 1874 serve new queen s dock @ stobcross, line made large circuit of city reach dock. glasgow, yoker , clydebank railway opened in 1882 serve shipyard , other industrial sites relocating. passenger service on yoker line not connected rest of railway network.








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