Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway

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		Possil Junction - junction with
		Hamiltonhill Branch
		Possil
		- end on connection Glasgow Central Railway
		Maryhill Central
		Maryhill Central Junction - junction
		with Glasgow Central Railway
		River Kelvin
		Bellshaugh & Kirklee Junctions - junctions
		with Glasgow Central Railway
		Dawsholme (GCR)
		Dawsholme Junction - junction
		with Glasgow Central Railway
		Kelvinside
		Crow Road

		Partick West - North Junction
		Partick West - West and East Junctions
		Partick West
		Partick Central
		route partially used by Argyle Line
		- connection with Glasgow Central Railway
		Stobcross
		- connection with Glasgow Central Railway
		Whiteinch Riverside

		Scotstoun East
		Yoker (for Renfrew)
		Clydebank Riverside
		Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway

		Kilbowie
		Clydebank (GY&CR)

		Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
		Dalmuir Riverside
		Old Kilpatrick
		Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway

		Bowling
		Bowling (GD&HR/C&DJR)
		(connecting line opened in 1960)


		Dumbarton East
		Dumbarton Joint Line Junction
		Dumbarton Central
		- end on connection with
		Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway

1 Early days
2 Connections to other lines
3 Current usage
4 External links

[edit] Early days

The Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway was authorised in 1891, and opened in stages between 26 November 1894 and 1 October 1896.

On 16 August 1909 the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway was absorbed into the Caledonian Railway

In 1923, the Railway became part of LMS.

[edit] Connections to other lines

Hamiltonhill Branch at Possil Junction
Glasgow Central Railway at Maryhill Central, Bellshaugh Junction, Dawsholme Junctions and Stobcross
Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway link line west of Bowling, Dumbarton Joint Line Junction and west of Dumbarton Central

[edit] Current usage

The majority of the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway is disused. Two short sections are still used.

A short section of tunnel west of Stobcross was reused as part of the Argyle Line in conjunction with a new tunnel connecting to the Stobcross Railway for eastbound trains.
Between Bowling and Dumbarton Joint Line Junction was electrified in preference to the adjacent Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway as part of the North Clyde Line scheme in 1961. The adjacent line was abandoned, apart from a section retained to serve Bowling Oil Terminal, which has since been closed.

[edit] External links

RAILSCOT on the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway

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Railway lines in Scotland

Main lines:	East Coast - West Coast - Ayrshire Coast - 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 - Tay Coast - West Highland

Future lines:	Waverley - Airdrie to Bathgate - Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Rail Link - Edinburgh Airport Rail Link - Glasgow Airport Rail Link - Glasgow Crossrail - Aberdeen Crossrail

Historical Scottish Railway Companies:	Aberdeen Railway - Alloa Railway - Arbroath and Forfar - Ardrossan Railway - Annbank to Cronberry - Ayr and Dalmellington - Ayr to Mauchline - Ayrshire and Wigtownshire - Ballochney - Bathgate and Coatbridge - Brechin and Edzell District - Bridge of Weir Railway - Busby Railway - Caledonian Railway - Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction - Callander and Oban - Cathcart District - City Union - Clydesdale Junction - Crieff & Methven - Crieff Junction - Crieff and Comrie - Darvel Branch - Denburn Valley Line - Duke of Sutherland - Dunblane, Doune & Callander - Dundee and Arbroath - Dundee and Perth - Formartine and Buchan - Edinburgh and Dalkeith - Edinburgh and Glasgow - Edinburgh and Hawick - Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction - Forfar and Brechin - General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour - Girvan and Portpatrick Junction - Glasgow and Garnkirk - Glasgow and Paisley Joint - Glasgow and Renfrew District - Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint - Glasgow Central Railway - Glasgow City and District - Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh - Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle - Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr - Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock - Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank - Great North of Scotland - Greenock and Ayrshire - Greenock and Wemyss Bay - Invergarry and Fort Augustus - Inverness and Aberdeen Junction - Inverness and Nairn - Inverness and Ross-shire - Kilbarchan Loop - Killin Railway - Kilmarnock and Troon - Kincardine Line - Lanarkshire and Ayrshire - Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire - Leadhills and Wanlockhead - Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie - Maidens and Dunure - Mallaig Extension - Monkland and Kirkintilloch - Morayshire Railway - North British, Arbroath and Montrose - Paisley and Barrhead District - Paisley and Renfrew - Perth, Almond Valley & Methven - Polloc and Govan - Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint - Rutherglen and Coatbridge - Slamannan - Scottish Central Railway - Scottish Midland Junction - Stirling and Dunfermline - Sutherland and Caithness - Sutherland Railway - West Highland Railway - Wick and Lybster - Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness - Wishaw and Coltness Railway