The Switchback (CR)
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The The Switchback was constructed by the Caledonian Railway
between 1864 and 1891.
Caledonian Railway
The Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century and it was absorbed almost a century later into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, in the 1923 railway grouping, by means of the Railways Act 1921...
between 1864 and 1891.
Connections to other lines
- Glasgow and Garnkirk RailwayGlasgow and Garnkirk RailwayThe Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway was incorporated on 26 May 1826 and was ceremonially opened on 27 September 1831. It was built to the Scotch gauge of...
at Balornock Junction - Hamiltonhill BranchHamiltonhill BranchThe Hamiltonhill Branch was constructed by the Caledonian Railway in 1894 with the intention to provide a large goods yard at Hamiltonhill on the Forth and Clyde Canal...
at Balornock Junction - Glasgow Central RailwayGlasgow Central RailwayThe Glasgow Central Railway was a railway that ran from Maryhill in the north west of Glasgow through the West End and City Centre to Rutherglen and Newton to the south east of the city.- Early days :...
at Strathclyde Junction