| 1950 | Barrhead Central station demolished (2) |
| 1951 | The Inglis Report of the Glasgow and District Transport Committee for the British Transport Commission recommended widespread electrification, including the trans-Clyde ex-CGU link and Maryhill ex-NB line (SPT) |
| 02.04.1951 | Kelvin Valley Railway from Kilsyth to Maryhill closed to passengers (2) |
| 02.04.1951 | End of passenger services to Whiteinch Victoria Park (3) |
| 02.05.1951 | Bowling ex-L&D station closed |
| 03.03.1952 | Parkhead (ex-Caledonian) renamed Parkhead Stadium (2) |
| 04.08.1952 | Kelvinbridge ex-GCR station closed to passengers (3) |
| 02.11.1953 | Glasgow Green ex-GCR station closed (3) |
| 01.1954 | |
| 03.03.1954 | Queen Street high level indicator board destroyed by banking engine! (2) |
| 03.03.1954 | Subway livery changed from red and cream to all red |
| 20.09.1954 | Bellahouston and Dumbreck stations (on the Paisley Canal line) closed |
| 19.09.1955 | Parkhead [North] ex-GCR station closed to passengers (2) |
| 1956 | Robroyston passenger station closed (2) |
| 08.01.1956 | Last Edinburgh - Queen Street service via Coatbridge Sunnyside and Bathgate (3) |
| 06.1956 | Colour signalling of Glasgow Central Railway with boxes at Bridgeton Cross and Stobcross; other boxes closed |
| 11.1956 | New signal box at Cowlairs, covering the area from Cowlairs to Cadder West |
| 1958 | Pinkston power station handed over to SSEB (the South of Scotland Electricity Board) |
| 1958 | Provan Gasworks (with 2'6" gauge railway) closed (2) |
| 25.12.1958 | First reduction of Glasgow passenger services on Christmas Day (2) |
| 1959 | Queen Street low level station remodelled |
| 02.02.1959 | Regular passenger services to Greenock Princes Pier from Kilmacolm ended (3) |
| 15.06.1959 | Partick Central (Ex-L&D) renamed Kelvin Hall (2) |
| 06.07.1959 | Salkeld Street parcels depot opened at the former G&SW Eglinton Street goods station (2) |
| 03.08.1959 | Anderston Cross and Stobcross ex-GCR stations closed (3) |
| 14.09.1959 | Clydebank East station (ex-NB) closed for passengers and goods (2) |
| 04.11.1960 | Last steam-hauled service (to Helensburgh) from Queen Street low level station |
| 05.11.1960 | North side electrification with the first Blue Train (Class 303) services (3) |
| 06.11.1960 | Crow Road ex-L&D station closed (2) |
| 06.11.1960 | Original Hyndland station closed to passenger traffic (2) |
| 01.1961 | Original Glasgow Central bridge over Clyde out of use (2) |
| 02.01.1961 | Glasgow Central (high level) approaches re-signalled, with the old 1908 electropneumatic power frame decommissioned |
| 07.1961 | Summerston yard (Kelvin Valley Railway) closed (2) |
| 02.10.1961 | Maryhill (ex-NB) station closed to passengers (2) |
| 1962 | St Rollox and Cowlairs Works became part of the BR Workshops Division |
| 19.04.1962 | Bankruptcy of the North British Locomotive Company declared |
| 28.05.1962 | Strathbungo station closed (2) |
| 29.05.1962 | South side electrification - Blue Trains (Class 303) started on the Cathcart Circle and to Neilston and Motherwell via Kirkhill (3) |
| 06.08.1962 | Buchanan Street goods station closed |
| 02.09.1962 | Last scheduled tram service in Glasgow from Dalmuir West to Auchenshuggle |
| 04.09.1962 | Special farewell tram service |
| 05.11.1962 | St Rollox station closed (2) |
| 1963 | Queen's Park, Atlas and Hyde Park Works of the North British Locomotive Company closed |
| 20.07.1963 | Ruchill Hospital branch closed (3) |
| 06.01.1964 | Queen Street goods station closed (2) |
| 20.03.1964 | End of services from Springburn to Singer Works (3) |
| 07.09.1964 | Cowlairs station closed to passengers (2) |
| 07.09.1964 | Balornock Junction - London Road section of ex-L&D(3) |
| 03.10.1964 | Dawsholm shed closed |
| 05.10.1964 | Rutherglen - Coatbridge passenger services ended (3) |
| 05.10.1964 | End of all passenger services on the ex-L&D and ex-GCR and closure of the remaining stations (3) |
| 1965 | End of steam from Queen Street |
| 1965 | Yoker, Whiteinch and Maryhill ex-Caledonian goods yards closed (2) |
| 01.02.1965 | Eglinton Street station closed (2) |
| 01.03.1965 | Paisley Abercorn - Cart Harbour closed to freight (2) |
| 03.03.1965 | End of goods traffic from Whiteinch Victoria Park (2) |
| 07.1965 | Muirend goods yard closed (2) |
| 09.1965 | Milngavie goods yard closed (2) |
| 10.1965 | Haghill Yard closed (2) |
| 30.11.1965 | Last boat train to Greenock Princes Pier (3) |
| 1966 | First [Glasgow] Central station bridge over the Clyde demolished (2) |
| 1966 | Cowlairs Works closed (possibly in 1968, not 1966) |
| 14.02.1966 | Cumberland Street station (originally G&SW Eglinton Street) closed completely (2) |
| 14.02.1966 | Shields Road (BR) station closed (2) |
| 14.02.1966 | Paisley West station closed (2) |
| 22.02.1966 | Partick - Maryhill - Possil line closed completely (3) |
| 04.1966 | End of goods facilities at Cowlairs station (2) |
| 14.06.1966 | Govan branch closed completely |
| 27.06.1966 | St Enoch Station closed to passengers; a new spur was opened between Shields Junction and Bellahouston to enable services to use Central station instead (3) |
| 03.09.1966 | Last official A4-hauled service from Buchanan Street (2) |
| 29.09.1966 | Greenock Princes Pier station closed to freight (3) |
| 10.1966 | Parkhead North goods yard closed (2) |
| 11.1966 | St Rollox MPD closed |
| 07.11.1966 | Buchanan Street station and the line to Sighthill East Junction closed (3) |
| 1967 | Class 311 EMUs introduced on services south of the Clyde (SPT) |
| 1967 | Robroyston yard closed (2) |
| 1967 | Anderston Cross station buildings demolished(Hume) |
| 1967 | Crow Road station building removed |
| ? 1967 | Shields depot opened |
| 06.02.1967 | Ibrox station closed (2) |
| 29.04.1967 | The last regular steam workings in Glasgow |
| 01.05.1967 | Polmadie MPD closed to steam (2) |
| 08.05.1967 | Singer Works platform closed |
| 05.06.1967 | Parcels traffic to St Enoch station ceased (2) |
| 05.06.1967 | Clyde coast electrification completed to Gourock and Wemyss Bay (2) |
| 05.06.1967 | Arkleston Junction-Renfrew Wharf passenger services ended (2) |
| 05.06.1967 | Paisley Abercorn station closed (2) |
| 07.1967 | End of livestock traffic to Bellgrove (2) |
| 1968 | Partick West station demolished |
| 1968 | Scotstoun East L&D station building demolished (Hume) |
| 15.07.1968 | Ex-Caledonian Queen's Dock branch from Kelvinhaugh Junction closed (3) |
| 24.07.1968 | Townhead/St Rollox West closed to goods traffic (3) |
| 30.11.1968 | Sighthill East Junction - Germiston Junction link closed (3) |
| 1969 | Original Charing Cross station booking office demolished (Hume) |
| ? | Kirklee bridge and station buildings removed |
| ? 1969 | Hyde Park Works of the North British Locomotive Company demolished (Hume) |
| 1969 | Kelvinbridge station building demolished following fire damage the previous year |
| 1969 | Singer Works station closed completely |
| 1969 | End of goods facilities at Maryhill (ex-NB) |
| 31.03.1969 | Port Dundas East branch closed to public goods traffic (2) |
| 1970 | Line from Ibrox to Princes Dock closed (2) |
| 22.03.1970 | Botanic Gardens station building destroyed by fire |
| 1971 | Corkerhill Railway Village demolished |
| 1971 | Bridge Street station building of 1841 demolished (2) |
| 25.09.1972 | Craigendoran Pier closed |
| 22.10.1972 | Glasgow Central powerbox updated |
| 1973 | Updating of passenger facilities at Queen Street station |
| 01.06.1973 | Greater Glasgow PTE created |
| 06.05.1974 | West Coast electrification to Glasgow Central formally completed (though electric hauled trains used the line before this) (3) |
| 21.04.1976 | Pollokshields East station building burned down |
| 1977 | Glasgow Cross station building demolished (2) |
| 1977 | Glasgow and Renfrew District Railway closed except for Cardonald - Deanside Transit section (2) |
| 21.05.1977 | Subway closed for modernisation |
| 11.1977 | St Enoch station demolished, with the rubble tipped into Queen's Dock |
| 23.10.1978 | End of Yoker - Partick Central line (as goods siding) (2) |
| ? 1979 | Maryhill Shopping Centre built, with space for underground station |
| ? 1979 | Atlas Works of the North British Locomotive Company demolished |
| 19.03.1979 | Port Dundas East branch closed completely (having recently served only a coal merchant) (2) |
| 16.04.1979 | 7 killed in head-on crash at Paisley; signal passed at danger |
| 05.11.1979 | "Argyle Line" low level route reopened for public services, electrified (a new section of line was built for eastbound traffic at Yorkhill) (3) with Class 314 EMUs |
| 05.11.1979 | Bridgeton Central station closed (2) |
| 12.1979 | Iron ore workings from General Terminus ended (2) |
| 17.12.1979 | Partickhill station closed and Partick interchange station opened (3) |
| 1980s | Gallowgate Central station building demolished |
| 1980 | Ex-L&D plate girder bridge at Lambhill over the ex-NB line removed |
| 16.04.1980 | The Underground, previously known as the Subway, reopened after modernisation, with a fixed adult fare of 20p (3) |
| 21.09.1980 | Bellgrove station building destroyed by arson (2) |
| 10.1980 | Maryhill signal box burned down (2) |
| 10.1980 | Maryhill - Anniesland chord out of use |
| 12.1980 | GGPTE became Strathclyde PTE |
| 05.01.1981 | Arkleston Junction - Sandyford Halt (Renfrew) closed completely (2) |
| 05.1981 | Freight line to Linwood closed (2) |
| 10.08.1981 | Haghill Junction - Parkhead spur closed (2) |
| 05.10.1981 | Sighthill depot closed (2) |
| 02.1982 | Last freight service between Airdrie and Bathgate |
| 1983 | Modernisation of Glasgow Central passenger facilities (2) |
| 1983 | Abandonment of ex-L&D trackbed between Partick and Possil |
| 10.01.1983 | Paisley Canal and Kilmacolm services ended (3) |
| 05.1983 | Newton - Carmyle ex-GCR line closed completely (2) |
| 01.1984 | London Road goods yard closed (2) |
| 01.1984 | End of freight traffic to East Kilbride (2) |
| 23.01.1984 | Goods services to Paisley canal ended (2) |
| 10.1984 | Corkerhill became an EMU depot (2) |
| 10.11.1984 | Line from Hawkhead through Paisley Canal to Elderslie closed completely (2) |
| 1985 | SPTE orange and black livery introduced |
| 05.1985 | New train indicator unveiled at Glasgow Central (2) |
| 1986 | Finnieston station renamed Exhibition Centre (2) |
| 03.1986 | End of services over ex-L&D to Old Kilpatrick Naval Fuel Depot (2) |
| 28.09.1986 | Last train from Balloch Pier |
| 29.09.1986 | Electrification to Ayr completed (2) and Class 318 EMUs introduced (SPT) |
| 1987 | "Strathclyde Rail Review" (2) |
| 01.06.1987 | Bridgeton Central EMU depot closed (2) |
| 23.06.1987 | Hyndland EMU depot (on branch) closed (2) |
| 1987 | End of use of St Rollox Works by BREL |
| 08.1987 | End of services over L&D to Arnott Young Shipbreakers, Dalmuir (2) |
| 24.04.1988 | New Balloch station opened, with the level crossing removed and the old station building being retained as a Tourist Information Centre |
| 07.1989 | North Side resignalling, with old signal boxes demolished and Yoker IECC brought into use |
| 1989 | Bridge over Springburn Road originally carrying the Port Dundas mineral line removed to allow road improvements |
| 1989 | SPTE consultation document "Public transport for the 21st century" raised the possibility of LRT in Glasgow (2) |
| 03.1989 | Fatal crash at the single lead junction at Bellgrove; signal passed at danger |
| 1990 | SPTE development study rejected the need for any extension to the Underground |
| 1990 | Class 320 EMUs introduced on north Clyde services (SPT) |
| 28.07.1990 | Paisley Canal route reopened (2) |
| 21.07.1991 | 2 drivers and 2 passengers killed in crash at Newton; signal passed at danger |
| 1992 | 8 new trailer cars acquired for the Underground (SPT) |
| 10.1992 | Eastfield Depot closed (2) |
| 1993 | Finnieston ex-NB station building destroyed by fire (2) |
| 04.10.1993 | Rutherglen - Whifflet passenger services restored (2) |
| 11.1993 | Railways Act authorising sell-off of railways |
| 06.12.1993 | Queen Street - Cowlairs - Maryhill passenger services restored |
| ? 1994 | StrathClyde Tram proposal publicised |
| ? 1994 | Crossrail proposal publicised |
| 01.04.1994 | Railtrack assumed ownership of the rail infrastructure |
| 09.12.1994 | River Kelvin flooded, after which the Argyle Line was closed for 9 months |
| 1995 | Public enquiry into the StrathClyde Tram proposal (SPT) |
| 1996 | SPT crimson lake and cream livery adopted after a trial of a blue livery |
| 20.05.1996 | Railtrack privatised |
| 1997 | Partickhill station building and goods shed demolished and yard closed |
| 01.04.1997 | National Express Group plc granted the franchise to operate the ScotRail services, including the Anglo-Scottish sleepers |
| 01.06.1997 | Commencement of Sunday services to Milngavie and Kilmarnock |
| 27.07.1997 | Commencement of Sunday service to Lenzie |
| 13.02.1998 | Last mail train from Glasgow Central station (Travelling Post Office to Cardiff) |
| 04.1998 | Order placed with Alstom for 40 3-car Juniper EMU sets to be used in SPT area (SPT) |
| 05.1998 | White Paper outlining proposals for devolved operation of new Strategic Rail Authority in Scotland |
| 12.1998 | Resignalling in the Cowlairs - Cumbernauld area, with semaphores decommissioned |
| 07.02.1999 | Redundant Cowlairs signal box demolished |
| 29.07.2000 | Last class 101 DMU services from Glasgow Central |
| 03.04.2001 | Class 334 EMUs enter service for SPT between Glasgow Central and Gourock |
| 30.12.2002 | Last public run of class 303 "Blue Trains" (from Bellgrove to Helensburgh) |
| 05.12.2004 | Eastfield depot reopened |
| 26.09.2005 | Passenger services reintroduced between Maryhill and Anniesland with new station Kelvindale |
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| BR | British Rail |
| C&D | Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Railway |
| CGU | City of Glasgow Union Railway |
| CR | Caledonian Railway |
| E&G | Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway |
| GC&D | Glasgow City and District Railway |
| GCR | Glasgow Central Railway |
| GD&H | Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway |
| GGPTE | Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive |
| GP&G | Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway |
| G&PJ | Glasgow and Paisley Joint Line Committee of the GP&G and the GPK&A |
| GPK&A | Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway |
| G&SW | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
| L&D | Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway |
| LMS | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| LNER | London and North Eastern Railway |
| NB | North British Railway |
| Railtrack | |
| ScotRail | |
| SPT SPTE | Strathclyde Passenger Transport Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive |
A number of secondary sources were consulted. Particularly helpful were:
| 1 | Butt, R.V.J. | The directory of railway stations | Patrick Stephens Ltd | 1995 |
| 2 | Smith, W.A.C. and Anderson, P. | An illustrated history of Glasgow's railways | Irwell Press | 1993 |
| 3 | Thomas, J. and Paterson, A.J.S. | Scotland: the Lowlands and the Borders (A regional history of the railways of Great Britain, vol 6) 2nd ed., revised by A.J.S. Paterson | David & Charles | 1984 |
| anon. | 100 years of electrification 1898-1998 | Strathclyde Passenger Transport | 1998 |
| David Anderson | Scottish steam in the 1950s and '60s | Oxford Publishing Co | 1997 |
| John R. Hume | Industrial archaeology of Glasgow | Blackie | 1974 |
| Guthrie Hutton | Old Maryhill | Stenlake Publishing | 1994 |
| Murdoch Nicolson and Mark O'Neill | Glasgow: locomotive builder to the world | Polygon Books | 1987 |
| Keith Sanders and Douglas Hodgins | British Railways past and present No 31: North west Scotland | Past & Present Publishing | 1998 |
| Graham Twidale and R.F. Mack | A nostalgic look at Glasgow trams since 1950 | Silver Link Publishing | 1988 |
| John Wright and Ian Maclean | Circles under the Clyde: a history of the Glasgow Underground | Capital Transport Publishing | 1977 |
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Angela Gawthrop
March 1998
