The Croy Line is a suburban railway route linking Glasgow Queen Street and Croy in Scotland. It is part of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport network.
The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was authorised by Act of Parliament on 4 July 1838. It was opened to passenger traffic on 21 February 1842,between its Glasgow Queen Street railway station and Haymarket railway station in Edinburgh. Construction cost £1,200,000 for 46 miles (74 km). The intermediate stations were at Corstorphine,Gogar,Ratho,Winchburgh,Linlithgow,Polmont,Falkirk,Castlecary,Croy,Kirkintilloch and Bishopbriggs. There was a ticket platform at Cowlairs. The line was extended eastwards from Haymarket to North Bridge in 1846,and a joint station for connection with the North British Railway was opened on what is now Edinburgh Waverley railway station in 1847.
Croy railway station serves the village of Croy –as well as the nearby town of Kilsyth and parts of Cumbernauld –in North Lanarkshire,Scotland. Located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line,11+1⁄2 miles (18.5 km) northeast of Glasgow Queen Street. It is served by services on the Glasgow–Edinburgh mainline and services between Glasgow Queen Street and Stirling. Train services are provided by ScotRail.
Lenzie railway station is a railway station serving Lenzie and Kirkintilloch in East Dunbartonshire,Scotland. It is located on the Croy Line,6+1⁄4 miles (10.1 km) northeast of Glasgow Queen Street. Trains on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line pass Lenzie by. The station is served by ScotRail.
Bishopbriggs railway station is a railway station serving Bishopbriggs in East Dunbartonshire,Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line,3+1⁄4 miles (5.2 km) north of Glasgow Queen Street,but is currently only served by services on the Croy Line.
Linlithgow railway station is a railway station serving the town of Linlithgow in West Lothian,Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line and is also served by ScotRail services from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunblane,and the daily train between Glasgow Queen Street and the Fife Circle Line.
Polmont railway station is a railway station serving the village of Polmont,Scotland as well as the other Falkirk Braes villages. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line and is also served by ScotRail services from Edinburgh to Stirling and Dunblane. It is the nearest station to much of the town of Grangemouth.
Falkirk High railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Falkirk in Scotland. It is on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line and situated on the southern edge of the town,close to the Union Canal.
The Edinburgh–Dunblane line is a railway line in East Central Scotland. It links the city of Edinburgh via Falkirk to the city of Stirling and the town of Dunblane.
Falkirk Grahamston railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Falkirk in Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh to Dunblane Line and also the Cumbernauld Line. Train services are provided by ScotRail. The "Highland Chieftain",the daily London North Eastern Railway service from London King's Cross to Inverness and vice versa also calls here.
Stirling railway station is a railway station located in Stirling,Scotland. It is located on the former Caledonian Railway main line between Glasgow and Perth. It is the junction for the branch line to Alloa and Dunfermline via Kincardine and is also served by trains on the Edinburgh to Dunblane Line and long-distance services to Dundee and Aberdeen and to Inverness via the Highland Main Line.
Dunblane railway station serves the town of Dunblane in central Scotland. It is located on the former Scottish Central Railway,between Stirling and Perth and opened with the line in 1848. It is the northernmost station on the National Rail network to be electrified.
Gleneagles railway station serves the town of Auchterarder in Perth and Kinross,Scotland.
The Scottish Central Railway was formed in 1845 to link Perth and Stirling to Central Scotland,by building a railway line to join the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway near Castlecary.
Alloa railway station is a railway station in the town of Alloa,Clackmannanshire,Scotland,which was re-opened on Monday,19 May 2008.
The Alloa Railway was intended to bridge the River Forth linking Alloa with the south without using a ferry.
The Glasgow–Dundee line is a railway line linking Glasgow with Dundee via Stirling and Perth.
The Scotland Route Utilisation Strategy is a Route Utilisation Strategy,published by Network Rail in March 2007,the third RUS to be published. The railways in Scotland are divided into three strategic routes,namely Route 24,Route 25 (Highlands) and Route 26 together with parts of Route 8 and Route 18. The three strategic routes form the scope of Network Rail's Scotland Route Utilisation Strategy. Separate RUSs for the ECML and WCML encompass the relevant parts of routes 8 and 18. The Edinburgh Crossrail service,which provides a direct route between Stirling,Dunblane and Bathgate in the west to Newcraighall in the east,operates over part of the ECML east of Edinburgh Waverley to Portobello Junction.
The Kelvin Valley Railway was an independent railway designed to connect Kilsyth,an important mining town in central Scotland,with the railway network. It connected Kilsyth to Kirkintilloch and thence over other railways to the ironworks of Coatbridge,and to Maryhill,connecting onwards to the Queen's Dock at Stobcross.
The Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway was a railway line in central Scotland,built to exploit the mineral extractive industries in the area;it opened in 1888. A passenger service was run,but bus competition overwhelmed it after 1920 and the passenger service closed in 1935. The goods and mineral traffic continued,but it was dependent on the industries it served,and when they declined so did the business on the railway;it closed in 1964 and none of it is now in railway use.
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