Coatbridge Branch (NBR)

Coatbridge Branch

Legend Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Coatbridge Sunnyside (M&KR) Sunnyside Junction Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Caledonian Railway Main Line Blairhill Bargeddie Easterhouse Garrowhill Shettleston Junction Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway Shettleston Carntyne Dyewood Mills Carntyne Iron and Steel Parkhead North Junction Parkhead North The Switchback (CR) Camlachie Goods Alexandra Parade (CoGUR) City of Glasgow Union Railway Duke Street(CoGUR) Bellgrove Junction Bellgrove High Street East Junction City of Glasgow Union Railway College High Street Goods Glasgow City and District Railway

The Coatbridge Branch was a railway that ran between Bellgrove in the east end of Glasgow and Coatbridge and built by the North British Railway, which in turn became part of the LNER on 1 January 1923.

History

The line opened between College and Coatbridge on 1 February 1871. College closed to passengers 15 March 1886, although the goods station remained open until the early 1980s. The only other stations to close on the line were Bargeddie on 24 February 1927 and Parkhead on 19 September 1958.

Connections to other lines

• Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway at Sunnyside Junction
• Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway at Shettleston
• City of Glasgow Union Railway at Parkhead North Junction, Bellgrove Junction and High Street East Junction
• Glasgow City and District Railway at High Street East Junction

Current operations

Apart for College, the line is open to passenger traffic, served by First ScotRail on the North Clyde Line.

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• RAILSCOT on Coatbridge Branch