This article is about the route of the Caledonian Railway Main Line. For the historical railway company, see Caledonian Railway. For the modern preserved line, see Caledonian Railway (Brechin).
The Caledonian main line, 1848–1849
The Caledonian Railway main line in Scotland connected Glasgow and Edinburgh with Carlisle, via Carstairs and Beattock.
It was opened in 1847 by the Caledonian Railway. The approach to Glasgow used railways already built, primarily for mineral traffic; these were later by-passed by a more direct route.
Today, the route forms the northern section of the West Coast Main Line, and was electrified in the early 1970s.
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The Caledonian Railway mainline in Scotland connected Glasgow and Edinburgh with Carlisle, via Carstairs and Beattock. It was opened in 1847 by the Caledonian...
over the route that such a line might take, but the Caledonian Railway was formed on 31 July 1845 and it opened its mainline between Glasgow, Edinburgh...
projected CaledonianMainLine but the proprietors' concerns were assuaged by the NBR's generous offer of £113,000 for the outright purchase of the line and...
train at Glasgow for King's Cross via the East Coast MainLine. On 1 October 1873, the rival Caledonian Railway introduced a London and North Western Railway...
on each side of the double-track CaledonianMainLine linking Glasgow and Carlisle (part of the West Coast MainLine). At the time of the accident, both...
of the West Coast MainLine in the early 1970s by British Rail, the line was used as a major diversionary route whilst the Caledonian Railway's Annandale/Clydesdale...
East Coast MainLine, arriving in London at 16:00. The return working leaves London at 12:00 and reaches Inverness at 20:00. The Caledonian Sleeper travels...
The Caledonian Railway lines to Edinburgh started with the mainline that reached Edinburgh in 1848 as part of its route connecting the city with Glasgow...
signal box at Banavie station. Passenger services on the line are operated by ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper. As of May 2021, the service pattern is as follows:...
The West Coast MainLine is a major trunk railway in the United Kingdom, linking London with Glasgow. The Watford DC lines are intricately linked with...
The Caledonian Forest is the ancient (old-growth) temperate forest of Scotland. The forest today is a reduced-extent version of the pre-human-settlement...
former station on the mainline out of King's Cross. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Caledonian Road. If an internal...
Relief West Coast MainLine platform (bi-directional) and occasional Caledonian Sleeper - this is the normal north-bound West Coast MainLine platform. Platform...
in 1865 the Scottish Central Railway amalgamated with the Caledonian Railway. The mainline continues in use today as a major part of the Scottish Railway...
station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 15 February 1848 when the line between Glasgow and Beattock opened. The line from Edinburgh reached Carstairs...
carriages. She was also the Caledonian's favoured engine to act as pilot to the Royal Train which frequently used the CaledonianMainLine when transporting the...
The Caledonian Canal connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William in Scotland. The canal was constructed...
absorbed by the LNWR. North of Carlisle, the Caledonian Railway remained independent, and opened its mainline from Carlisle to Beattock on 10 September...
Niddry at the time) with the NBR mainline to Berwick and the Dalkeith route to the mineral fields. The Caledonian Railway too saw this as an opportunity...
station being Wishaw Central. It was on the CaledonianMainLine, which was later known as the West Coast MainLine. The station opened on 20 March 1841, on...
The Glasgow Central Railway was a railway line built in Glasgow, Scotland by the Caledonian Railway, running in tunnel east to west through the city centre...
Caledonian MacBrayne (Scottish Gaelic: Caledonian Mac a' Bhriuthainn), in short form CalMac, is the trade name of CalMac Ferries Ltd, the major operator...
Scotland from 1879 to 1965 on the Caledonianmainline. The station opened on 1 December 1879 by the Caledonian Railway. To the southwest was Shawfield...
Lanarkshire, Scotland from 1848 to 1962 on the Caledonianmainline. The station opened in August 1848 by the Caledonian Railway. To the west was the goods yard...
one of the airline's main group charterers, became Caledonian's first majority shareholder. In late 1963, the Donaldson Line, a Scottish shipping company...
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