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  2. Caledonian Railway lines to Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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    The Caledonian Railway lines to Edinburgh started with the main line that reached Edinburgh in 1848 as part of its route connecting the city with Glasgow and Carlisle. The potential of the docks at Granton and Leith led to branch line extensions, and residential development encouraged branch lines in what became the suburbs of Edinburgh.

  3. History of the Caledonian Railway (until 1850) - Wikipedia

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    A prospectus for the Caledonian Railway, capital £1,500,000, was issued on 12 April 1845. Six weeks were spent in committee in Parliament, and the efforts were crowned with success: An Act for making a Railway from Carlisle to Edinburgh and Glasgow and the North of Scotland, to be called The Caledonian Railway was passed on 31 July 1845. The ...

  4. Caledonian Railway - Wikipedia

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    Another scheme failed to get finance in 1866 and again in 1873, but the Caledonian Railway (Gordon Street Station Connecting Lines) Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. cxxxiii) was obtained to build a bridge crossing the Clyde and bringing the South Side route into the city centre. A four-track railway bridge crossing the river was designed by Blyth and ...

  5. Caledonian main line - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Cleland and Midcalder Line - Wikipedia

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    Cleland and Midcalder Line is a historic railway line in Scotland. Built by the Caledonian Railway and opened in 1869, [citation needed] it provides a link between Glasgow and Edinburgh through the mining communities of Lanarkshire and West Lothian.

  7. List of railway bridges and viaducts in the United Kingdom

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    18 arch viaduct carrying the Dublin-Belfast railway line over the Camlough valley: Crawfordsburn Viaduct: Crawfordsburn, County Down: 100 m (330 ft) 1865: Stone Arch: Five arches and cast-iron lattice parapets carrying Belfast–Bangor line across Crawfordsburn Glen: Crimple Valley Viaduct: Harrogate, North Yorkshire: 572 m (1,877 ft) 1848 ...

  8. Caledonian Railway branches in South Lanarkshire - Wikipedia

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    The Caledonian Railway was formed by Act of Parliament on 31 July 1845. Its capital was £1,800,000, at that time a huge sum. There had been a long struggle to get approval for a main line linking central Scotland with the growing English railway network, at Carlisle.

  9. Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (E&GR) had started operation in 1842, showing the advantages of an inter-urban railway line. There was a frenzy of railway promotion in the following years and in 1845 the Caledonian Railway along with many other Scottish lines obtained their Acts of Parliament; a Scottish network was beginning to form. Seeing ...

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