This project, comprising entries compiled from secondary sources, was started when I lived near Glasgow. Since then, I have moved away from Scotland and sources of information are no longer as readily available to me. Please email me with any additions or corrections.
The chronology includes a few photographs of Glasgow, listed here, and also cross-referenced from the appropriate chronology entry.
There is also a short section on the North British Locomotive Company and its constituents.
March 1998
| early | 1840s | 1850s | 1860s | 1870s | 1880s | 1890s | 1900s | 1910s |
| 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s |
| 1811 | William Dixon's tramway opened from Govanhill to Port Eglinton, Ardrossan Canal basin (2) | |
| 05.1831 | Garnkirk & Glasgow Railway (4' 6") started operating from Monklands coalfield to Townhead station with steam and horse haulage (3) | |
| 27.09.1831 | Official opening of the Garnkirk & Glasgow Railway with steam haulage (3) | |
| 1836 | Neilson & Co engineering works founded at Hyde Park Street, Finnieston (2) | |
| 03.04.1837 | Paisley and Renfrew Railway (4' 6" gauge) opened from Hamilton Street Paisley to Renfrew Wharf with steam engines (2) | |
| 14.07.1840 | Temporary Bridge Street Station opened, operated by Glasgow & Paisley Joint Line Committee (2) | |
| 21.07.1840 | Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & Ayr Railway opened between Howwood and Paisley Gilmour Street (3) | |
| 20.08.1840 | GPK&A boat trains started from Glasgow to Ardrossan, connecting with steamers to Liverpool (3) | |
| 22.08.1840 | Polloc and Govan Railway opened, linking Rutherglen and Windmillcroft Quay with Dixon's tramway (2) | |
| 1841 | Cowlairs Works (Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway) opened | |
| 31.03.1841 | Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway (later absorbed by the Caledonian) opened from Glasgow Bridge Street to Greenock Cathcart Street, with Clyde steamer connections at Greenock (2) | |
| 06.04.1841 | Bridge Street station permanent buildings opened (2) | |
| 18.02.1842 | Queen Street station opened by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway | |
| 21.02.1842 | Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway opened for public services between Queen Street and Haymarket (3) | |
| 03.1842 | Garnkirk & Glasgow Railway extended to Coatbridge [Central] | |
| 04.04.1843 | Glasgow & Paisley Joint line opened through to Kilmarnock (3) | |
| 01.07.1843 | Moss Road station opened by G&PJ (3) | |
| 06.11.1843 | Bellahouston station opened by G&PJ (3) | |
| 1844 | Experimental use of banking engines started on Cowlairs incline (2) | |
| 07.1844 | Garnkirk & Glasgow Railway renamed as Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway (3) | |
| 04.07.1844 | North British Railway authorised by act of parliament (3) | |
| 1845 | Glasgow & Paisley Joint stations at Bellahouston (later Ibrox) and Moss Road (later Cardonald) closed for lack of passengers (3) | |
| 31.07.1845 | Caledonian Railway authorised by act of parliament (3) | |
| 1847 | Glasgow, Garnkirk & Coatbridge and Wishaw & Coltness lines (the latter through Whifflet and Holytown) taken over by the Caledonian and regauged from 4' 6" to 4' 8.5" (2) | |
| 09.07.1847 | GP&G absorbed by the Caledonian (2) | |
| 24.07.1847 | Paisley and Renfrew Railway taken over by the GPK&A (2) | |
| 1848 | End of experiment with banking locos on the Cowlairs incline (2) | |
| 15.02.1848 | [Carlisle -] Beattock - Glasgow Caledonian line opened (3) | |
| 05.07.1848 | E&G Campsie branch to Lennoxtown opened (3) | |
| 29.09.1848 | Glasgow, Barrhead & Neilston Direct Railway opened from South Side station to Barrhead Arthurlie Street (2) | |
| 12.1848 | General Terminus & Glasgow Harbour Railway opened between West Street and the Clyde (2) | |
| 01.06.1849 | Clydesdale Junction Railway opened to new Caledonian terminus at South Side, linking it with Polmadie, Rutherglen, Uddingston and Motherwell (3) | |
| 01.11.1849 | Buchanan Street station opened by Glasgow, Garnkirk & Coatbridge Railway; Townhead/St Rollox closed to passengers (2) | |
| 01.01.1850 | Buchanan Street goods station opened (3) | |
| 15.07.1850 | Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Railway (C&D) opened from Bowling to Balloch, with steamer connections at each end (3) | |
| 28.10.1850 | Glasgow & South Western Railway (G&SW) formed by amalgamation of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr (GPK&A) and Glasgow Dumfries and Carlisle Railways (3) | |
| 1854 | Caledonian opened St Rollox works for the building and repair of locomotives, carriages and wagons | |
| 28.05.1858 | Cowlairs - Maryhill - Dumbarton - Helensburgh line opened (GD&H). Services used Buchanan Street rather than Queen Street for the first month. Through trains also ran to Balloch over the C&D (3) | |
| 24.05.1860 | Glasgow & Paisley Joint line opened to Girvan (3) | |
| 24.06.1861 | Rutherglen - Dalmarnock goods line opened, including a bridge over the Clyde (3) | |
| 1862 | Neilson & Co moved to Springburn (2) | |
| 14.08.1862 | GD&H and C&D absorbed by the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway (3) | |
| 28.08.1863 | Glasgow & Milngavie Junction Railway opened (3) | |
| 1864 | Dübs opened Queen's Park Locomotive Works at Polmadie | |
| 20.06.1864 | Line opened to Bridge of Weir (by the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway?) | |
| 15.05.1865 | Line opened to Wemyss Bay by the Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway | |
| 01.08.1865 | E&G absorbed by the North British (3) | |
| 01.01.1866 | Busby Railway opened from Pollokshaws to Busby, primarily for transportation of stone (3) | |
| 08.01.1866 | Rutherglen - Coatbridge line opened for passengers (2) | |
| 14.03.1867 | Act authorising the lifting of the track between West Street and Windmillcroft | |
| 01.05.1868 | Line opened to Govan from Paisley Joint line at Ibrox (3) | |
| 01.09.1868 | Busby Railway extended to East Kilbride (3) | |
| 01.09.1869 | Start of G&SW trains over Greenock & Ayrshire metals to Greenock Albert Harbour via Kilmacolm (3) | |
| 1870 | Shields Road CGU station opened | |
| 02.06.1870 | City of Glasgow Union Railway bridge over the Clyde at Hutchesontown | |
| 12.12.1870 | Dunlop Street station opened by the CGU (3) | |
| 19.12.1870 | Gallowgate CGU station opened, with trains from Coatbridge via Shettleston and Carntyne (3) | |
| 01.02.1871 | College station opened as terminus by the Glasgow & Coatbridge Railway, with trains from Edinburgh Waverley. Coatbridge Sunnyside station opened (3) | |
| 01.03.1871 | Ibrox (Glasgow & Paisley Joint) station reopened (3) | |
| 27.03.1871 | Glasgow, Barrhead & Kilmarnock Joint Railway reached Stewarton (3) | |
| 01.06.1871 | "Bus trains" started between Bellgrove and Shields Road (3) | |
| 01.01.1872 | Main Street Gorbals station opened by CGU (3) | |
| 01.08.1872 | Greenock & Ayrshire Railway vested in the G&SW (3) | |
| 19.08.1872 | Glasgow Tramway & Omnibus Company started first horse-drawn service between St George's Cross and Eglinton Toll | |
| 01.09.1872 | North British line to College station opened | |
| 1873 | Glasgow & Milngavie Junction Railway absorbed by the NB | |
| 26.06.1873 | Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Line (G&SW, Caledonian) opened to Kilmarnock (3) | |
| 20.10.1874 | North British line opened to Queen's Dock, Stobcross from Maryhill; Caledonian given running powers (3) | |
| 27.10.1874 | Whiteinch Railway from Jordanhill opened for goods traffic | |
| 1875 | Polmadie loco shed opened | |
| 1875 | Link to Knightswood pits and brickworks from the NB line | |
| 01.05.1875 | Greenock Albert Harbour G&SW station renamed Princes Pier | |
| 16.08.1875 | Bellgrove - Springburn CGU line opened (3) | |
| 17.10.1876 | St Enoch station opened by CGU; Dunlop Street station closed | |
| 12.04.1877 | London Road station opened for goods traffic (3) | |
| 01.09.1877 | Gorbals station opened as a replacement for South Side (Glasgow, Barrhead & Kilmarnock Joint Railway) (3) | |
| 05.10.1877 | Glasgow & Paisley Joint line to Stranraer opened | |
| 01.06.1878 | Kelvin Valley Railway opened between Kilsyth and Birdston Junction (on the Campsie branch) (3) | |
| 01.10.1878 | Bridge to Central station completed | |
| 1879 | Queen Street station rebuilt | |
| 01.04.1879 | Passenger services started between Rutherglen, Dalmarnock and London Road (Parkhead) | |
| 04.06.1879 | Kelvin Valley Railway opened between Birdston Junction and Maryhill (3) | |
| 01.07.1879 | South Side station closed (3) | |
| 12.07.1897 | Reconstructed Bridge Street station opened | |
| 01.08.1879 | Central station opened (3) |
