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Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Cowlairs Tunnel
Glasgow Queen Street
Sighthill Junction
Pinkston North
Springburn
Craighall
Cowlairs
Cowlairs Junction
Bishopbriggs
Lenzie
Monkland Junction
Middlemuir Junction
Garngaber Goods
Croy
Dullatur
Castlecary
Upper Greenhill
Greenhill Upper Junction
originally Scottish Central Jn
Greenhill Lower Junction
Bonnybridge High
Falkirk High
Falkirk Tunnel
Polmont Junction
Polmont
Coatbridge Line Junction
Bo'ness High Junction
Manuel High Level
Lochmill Goods
Linlithgow
Philpstoun
Port Edgar
Winchburgh Junction
New Halls
Winchburgh
South Queensferry Halt
Winchburgh Tunnel
Broxburn Oil
Dalmeny
Dalmeny North Junction
Bathgate Junction
Dalmeny South Junction
Kirkliston
Turnhouse
Edinburgh Gateway
Ratho
Ingliston Colliery
Gogar
South Gyle
Edinburgh Park
Saughton Junction
Corstorphine
Saughton
Pinkhill
Balgreen Halt
Haymarket West Junction
Haymarket Central Junction
Haymarket East Junction
Haymarket
Haymarket Tunnel
Mound Tunnel
Edinburgh Waverley

The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was a railway built to link Glasgow and Edinburgh. The Act of Parliament for build the railway received its Royal Assent in 1838 which was open on 28 July 1863. Services started between Glasgow Queen Street and Haymarket on 21 February 1842. The line was extended to Edinburgh Waverley in 1846

The line was absorbed into the North British Railway on 1 August 1865.

The line is still open as the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line.

Connections to other lines

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References

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  • Glasgow to Edinburgh Lines
  • RAILSCOT on Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
  • RAILSCOT on South Queensferry Branch
  • RAILSCOT on Corstorphine Branch
  • Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing.
  • Jowett, Alan. (1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain & Ireland. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1.

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