| 01.01.1881 | "Bus trains" to Bellgrove extended to Duke Street and Alexandra Park [sic] (3)
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| 01.10.1881 | Thornliebank station opened on the Busby Railway(2)
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| 1882 | Enlarged St Rollox works opened(2)
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| 01.02.1882 | Busby Railway absorbed by Caledonian (2)
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| 15.05.1882 | Craigendoran station and pier complex opened by the NB (3)
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| 01.12.1882 | Glasgow, Yoker & Clydebank Railway opened from Jordanhill to Clydebank East (2)
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| 1883 | G&PJ joint line quadrupling completed; Paisley Gilmour Street station rebuilt, much expanded (2)
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| 29.06.1883 | St Enoch station and approach lines transferred from CGU to G&SW(2)
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| 01.08.1883 | New St Rollox station opened on the incline from Buchanan Street (3)
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| 01.10.1883 | CGU "bus trains" extended to Garngad and Barnhill (3)
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| 1884 | St Enoch loco shed opened in the Clyde Junction / Saltmarket Junction / St Enoch triangle (2)
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| 01.07.1885 | Paisley Canal line opened by the G&SW on the route of the Ardrossan canal (3)
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| 01.07.1885 | Shields G&SW station opened (2)
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| 01.08.1885 | Kelvin Valley Railway amalgamated with North British (3)
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| 17.08.1885 | London Road - Parkhead opened for goods traffic
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| 1886 | Neilson started building locomotives on the site of the later Atlas Works at Springburn
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| 25.01.1886 | Caledonian and G&SW connected by the Maxwell Junction - Bellahouston spur
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| 01.03.1886 | First part of Cathcart Circle opened to Mount Florida by the Cathcart District Railway (50% shares held by Caley) (3)
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| 15.03.1886 | Glasgow City & District low level line opened through Queen Street; services controlled and worked by the NB. 3rd rail electrified for lighting (3)
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| 15.03.1886 | College terminus station closed to passengers
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| 15.03.1886 | NB branch to Hyndland opened (3)
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| 25.05.1886 | Cathcart District Railway opened between Mount Florida and Cathcart (2)
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| 01.08.1886 | Knightswood north and south junctions linked by a new tunnel under the Forth and Clyde canal (2)
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| 02.08.1886 | Caledonian London Road - Blochairn Junction goods line opened (3)
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| 1887 | NB officially took over the GC&D
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| 01.01.1887 | Springburn CGU station opened (3)
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| 1887 | Start of "bus trains" to Govan from Springburn, Bellgrove and Gallowgate
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| 01.02.1887 | NB circular service Queen Street low level - CGU - Maryhill started
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| 01.08.1887 | Jordanhill NB station opened
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| 1888 | Completion of improvements at Queen Street high level, including opening out the tunnel mouth (work started in 1877)
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| 1888 | Sharp, Stewart & Co took over from Neilson, and named the Atlas Works
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| 01.06.1888 | Crossmyloof station opened on the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint line (2)
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| 1889 | Ninth platform added to Glasgow Central station (2)
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| 01.06.1889 | Caledonian line opened to Gourock station and pier via the Newton Street tunnel (1 mile 344 yds) (3)
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| 1890 | Bridge Street station extended
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| 01.05.1890 | Drumchapel NB station opened
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| 31.05.1890 | Glasgow Central Railway (not yet having opened any lines) absorbed by Caledonian (2)
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| 1891 | Glasgow Corporation bought Temple Gas Works and linked it to Dawsholm Gas Works by a rail tunnel under the Forth & Clyde Canal
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| 01.02.1892 | G&SW vacated Bridge Street station, which was taken over wholly by the Caledonian (3)
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| 01.06.1892 | NB opened branch to Gallowgate Central and Bridgeton Central stations (3)
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| 01.10.1892 | Gallowgate CGU station closed to passengers
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| 01.04.1893 | Start of G&SW services through to Bridgeton Central via St Johns tunnel (3)
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| 01.08.1893 | Wemyss Bay Railway absorbed by the Caledonian (3)
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| 02.04.1894 | Cathcart Circle completed (3)
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| 01.05.1894 | Hawkhead station opened on the Paisley Canal line
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| 25.05.1894 | New Princes Pier station and pier opened by the G&SW (3)
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| 07.08.1894 | West Highland Line opened to Fort William
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| 26.11.1894 | GCR opened between Maryhill and Stobcross (Queen's Dock) for minerals (3)
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| 26.11.1894 | Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway (L&D) opened between Possil Junction and Maryhill for mineral traffic (2)
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| 26.11.1894 | L&D branch to Hamiltonhill opened for mineral traffic (3)
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| 01.11.1895 | GCR passenger services started between Rutherglen and Glasgow Cross (3)
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| 01.05.1896 | L&D opened between Maryhill and Partick for goods (3)
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| 01.05.1896 | L&D goods services started between Clydebank and Stobcross (3)
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| 15.06.1896 | L&D opened between Clydebank and Dumbarton (3)
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| 07.08.1896 | CGU wound up; track divided between G&SW and NB Railways (3)
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| 10.08.1896 | Central Low level line opened by the Glasgow Central Railway (7 miles; 5 underground) (3)
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| 01.10.1896 | Passenger services started on the remainder of the L&D and GCR (2)
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| 01.12.1896 | Corkerhill station opened on the Paisley Canal line (2)
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| 14.12.1896 | Glasgow District Subway Company's circular underground railway (the Subway) opened officially
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| 01.01.1897 | NB passenger services started to Whiteinch Victoria Park (3)
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| 01.02.1897 | Start of GCR Bridgeton Cross - Carmyle - Newton passenger service (3)
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| 01.02.1897 | Possil L&D station opened (3)
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| 01.05.1897 | South Renfrew station opened on the Paisley and Renfrew line (2)
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| 08.05.1897 | Glasgow, Yoker & Clydebank Railway extended from Clydebank Junction to Dalmuir (2)
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| 01.06 1897 | Paisley West station opened (2)
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| 13.10.1898 | Glasgow's first electric tram service operated between Mitchell Street and Springburn
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| 30.09.1899 | Last Edinburgh - Ayr through working via the ex-CGU (2)
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| 01.05.1900 | Hillfoot NB station opened (2)
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| 01.10.1900 | G&SW opened Eglinton Street station (later called Cumberland Street) and closed the adjacent Main Street Gorbals station (3)
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| 1901 | St Enoch station expanded to 12 platforms and Clyde bridge widened to accommodate 4 tracks (2)
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| 1901 | Electrified 3rd rail removed from the NB (ex-GC&D Railway) underground line
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| 1901 | Construction of Pinkston power station for Glasgow Corporation tramways (2)
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| 10.1901 | Cadder yard opened by NB
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| 30.09.1902 | G&SW "bus trains" between Springburn and Govan, Paisley and Renfrew ended (2), (3)
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| 01.10.1902 | Gallowgate CGU station (now G&SW) closed to passengers (2)
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| 01.10.1902 | Barrhead Central station (G&SW) opened to passenger traffic (3)
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| 1903 | North British Locomotive Company founded by amalgamation of Neilson Reid, Sharp Stewart and Dübs (2)
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| 1903 | Wemyss Bay station building erected by the Caledonian
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| 12.01.1903 | NB circular services through Queen Street low level ended (2)
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| 01.06.1903 | Passenger services started on the Glasgow & Renfrew District Railway to Renfrew Porterfield (3)
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| 17.08.1903 | Princes Dock Joint Line (Caledonian, G&SW, NB) from Ibrox opened (2)
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| 1904 | High Street NB goods station built - a large 3-storey structure
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| 26.04.1904 | Lanarkshire & Ayrshire Railway opened between Kirkhill and Carmyle
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| 09.1904 | Eastfield NB depot opened
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| 02.01.1905 | Deanside station on the Glasgow and Renfrew District Railway closed to passengers (2)
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| 01.03.1905 | Bridge Street station closed (2)
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| 1906 | Completion of Central Station rebuilding with new platforms 10-13 and additional bridge over the Clyde
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| 25.04.1907 | L&D branch from Scotstoun West to Rothesay Dock opened (3)
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| 03.11.1907 | New Singer station opened on the diverted NB through line; Singer Works station became a terminus (2)
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| 01.05.1908 | Passenger services from Dawsholm (Caledonian) ended (3)
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| 03.05.1908 | New signal box opened at Glasgow Central
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| 28.02.1909 | Completion of enlarged Caledonian station at Eglinton Street (3)
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| 14.06.1909 | Caledonian Railway opened new Buchanan Street goods station
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| 16.08.1909 | L&D absorbed by Caledonian
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| 26.08.1909 | Cable hauling on the Cowlairs incline ceased
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| 01.03.1910 | Garngad NB station closed because of competition with trams (2)
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| 01.02.1913 | G&SW service between St Johns and Bridgeton Central ended (3)
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| 10.02.1913 | G&SW Passenger service between Potterhill and Barrhead Central ended
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| 01.09.1913 | Westerton NB station opened
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| 01.01.1914 | College NB passenger station renamed High Street (2)
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| 06.1914 | Sandyford Halt (on the Paisley & Renfrew line) opened as a private platform (2)
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| 01.01.1917 | Finnieston NB station closed (2)
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| 01.01.1917 | Gallowgate Central NB station closed completely (2)
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| 01.01.1917 | Barrhead Central station (G&SW) closed with the end of passenger services (3)
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| 09.05.1921 | Scheduled passenger services on the Govan branch ended, because of competition with trams (3)
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| 19.08.1921 | Railways Act authorising grouping
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| 02.07.1922 | Subway run jointly by Glasgow Subway Railway Company and Glasgow Corporation Tramways Department
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| 01.01.1923 | Grouping. The NB became part of the LNER; the Caledonian and G&SW became part of the LMS
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| 01.08.1923 | Subway ownership transferred to Glasgow Corporation Tramways Department (2)
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| 01.11.1924 | Shields ex-G&SW station closed
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| 01.04.1925 | Shields Road joint station opened, combining the previous CGU Shields Road, G&PJ Pollokshields and G&SW Shields stations (2)
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| 19.07.1926 | End of passenger services between Cardonald and Renfrew Porterfield on the ex-Glasgow & Renfrew District Railway (3)
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| 1928 | Paisley East station, erected by the Paisley and Barrhead District Railway, demolished (2)
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| 01.06.1928 | Gorbals Station closed (2)
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| 08.10.1928 | Kings Park station opened (2)
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| 09.01.1931 | Great Western Road LNER station renamed Anniesland
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| 01.04.1931 | Croftfoot station opened (2)
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| 1932 | Buchanan Street passenger station rebuilt (2)
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| 10.03.1934 | Hillington station (renamed Hillington East in 1940) opened (2)
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| 1935 | St Enoch loco shed closed (2)
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| 30.11.1935 | The last cable-hauled train ran on the Subway
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| 05.12.1935 | Electrification of the Subway (now officially known as the Underground) completed (2)
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| 06.02.1939 | Botanic Gardens LMS station closed (3)
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| 01.05.1939 | Kirklee LMS station closed (3)
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| 01.04.1940 | Hillington station (now known as Hillington West) opened (2)
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| 30.01.1942 | 2 drivers and 12 passengers killed in crash of Edinburgh-Glasgow service and light engine at Cowlairs East junction; signalling error
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| 01.07.1942 | Kelvinside LMS station closed (3)
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| 16.06.1947 | The LNER paddle steamer "Waverley" sailed on her maiden voyage from Craigendoran Pier
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| 01.01.1948 | Nationalisation
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