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The closure of Ravenscraig in 1992 signalled the end of large-scale steel making in Scotland. [8] It led to a direct loss of 770 jobs, and another 10,000 jobs linked to these [ 9 ] (although the nearby steel plants at Dalzell in Motherwell and Clydebridge in Cambuslang were in 2012 still in operation under the ownership of Tata Steel Europe ...
Pages in category "Closed railway lines in Scotland" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The ScotRail network had since 2015 been operated by the private-sector franchisee Abellio ScotRail.In December 2019, Transport Scotland announced Abellio had not met the performance criteria necessary to have its seven-year franchise extended for a further three years, and the franchise would conclude on 31 March 2022.
Stations reopened include Ashley Hill closed in 1964 was reopened in 2024 as Ashley Down, Ashchurch, Cam and Dursley, Feniton, Pinhoe, Templecombe and Yate.; Service between Swindon and Trowbridge ceased in 1966 but two passenger trains each way were reinstated in 1985, along with the reopening of Melksham station.
IBM railway station (formerly known as IBM Halt) is a currently disused railway station on the Inverclyde Line, 25 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (41 km) west of Glasgow Central.. Clinging to the south slope of Spango Valley on the Glasgow-Wemyss Bay line, IBM Halt was opened on 9 May 1978 [1] by British Rail to serve what was at that time a thriving IBM computer manufacturing plant, employing over 4,000 people.
A close is private property, hence gated and closed to the public, whereas a wynd is an open thoroughfare, usually wide enough for a horse and cart [citation needed]. Most slope steeply down from the Royal Mile creating the impression of a herring-bone pattern formed by the main street and side streets when viewed on a map.
Rutherglen (/ ˈ r ʌ ð ər ɡ l ɪ n /; Scots: Ruglen, Scottish Gaelic: An Ruadh-Ghleann) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, three miles (five kilometres) from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde.
Scotch Corner is a junction of the A1(M) and A66 trunk roads near Richmond in North Yorkshire, England.It has been described as "the modern gateway to Cumbria, the North East and Scotland", [1] and is a primary destination signed from as far away as the M6 motorway, 50 miles (80 kilometres) away.