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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/BSicon_exCONTf.svg/40px-BSicon_exCONTf.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr"> </td> <td class="RMr4"><div class="RMsi"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Down arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Arrow_Blue_Down_001.svg/10px-Arrow_Blue_Down_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Arrow_Blue_Down_001.svg/15px-Arrow_Blue_Down_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Arrow_Blue_Down_001.svg/20px-Arrow_Blue_Down_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_and_Strathaven_Railway" title="Hamilton and Strathaven Railway">Hamilton and Strathaven Railway</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 3px 0 0;"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="padding:0 0 0 3px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_towards_old_Ryeland_Station,_Darvel_and_Strathaven_Railway._South_Lanarkshire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/View_towards_old_Ryeland_Station%2C_Darvel_and_Strathaven_Railway._South_Lanarkshire.jpg/220px-View_towards_old_Ryeland_Station%2C_Darvel_and_Strathaven_Railway._South_Lanarkshire.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/View_towards_old_Ryeland_Station%2C_Darvel_and_Strathaven_Railway._South_Lanarkshire.jpg/330px-View_towards_old_Ryeland_Station%2C_Darvel_and_Strathaven_Railway._South_Lanarkshire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/View_towards_old_Ryeland_Station%2C_Darvel_and_Strathaven_Railway._South_Lanarkshire.jpg/440px-View_towards_old_Ryeland_Station%2C_Darvel_and_Strathaven_Railway._South_Lanarkshire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3921" data-file-height="2049" /></a><figcaption> View towards old Ryeland Station, Darvel and Strathaven Railway grom South Lanarkshire</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Darvel and Strathaven Railway</b> linked, with the <a href="/wiki/Darvel_Branch" title="Darvel Branch">Darvel Branch</a> to the former <a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Paisley,_Kilmarnock_and_Ayr_Railway" title="Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway">Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway</a> in Scotland to allow trains to travel between <a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock" title="Kilmarnock">Kilmarnock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lanarkshire" title="Lanarkshire">Lanarkshire</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darvel_and_Strathaven_Railway&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 4 July 1905 the line opened, connecting with the <a href="/wiki/Darvel_Branch" title="Darvel Branch">Darvel Branch</a>, which became a through line to <a href="/wiki/Strathaven" title="Strathaven">Strathaven</a> which was a jointly run line between the <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_and_South_Western_Railway" title="Glasgow and South Western Railway">Glasgow and South Western Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Caledonian_Railway" title="Caledonian Railway">Caledonian Railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wham47_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wham47-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, despite being a through line, no trains ever ran between Kilmarnock and Strathaven;<sup id="cite_ref-stansfield20_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stansfield20-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> instead, the two companies took it in turns to run the line between Darvel and Strathaven every six months.<sup id="cite_ref-stansfield20_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stansfield20-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The line was never successful and closed in 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-wham47_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wham47-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evidence of the line still exists today in the form of many embankment, bridges and cuttings along the route. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Connections_to_other_lines">Connections to other lines</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Railway">Glasgow and South Western Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway" title="Great North of Scotland Railway">Great North of Scotland Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Railway" title="Highland Railway">Highland Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_British_Railway" title="North British Railway">North British Railway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Caledonian<br />Railway</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Railway" title="Aberdeen Railway">Aberdeen Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alloa_Railway" title="Alloa Railway">Alloa Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alyth_Railway" title="Alyth Railway">Alyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arbroath_and_Forfar_Railway" title="Arbroath and Forfar Railway">Arbroath and Forfar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Busby_Railway" title="Busby Railway">Busby Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathcart_District_Railway" title="Cathcart District Railway">Cathcart District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clydesdale_Junction_Railway" title="Clydesdale Junction Railway">Clydesdale Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crieff_Junction_Railway" title="Crieff Junction Railway">Crieff Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crieff_and_Comrie_Railway" title="Crieff and Comrie Railway">Crieff and Comrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crieff_and_Methven_Junction_Railway" title="Crieff and Methven Junction Railway">Crieff and Methven Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumfries,_Lochmaben_and_Lockerbie_Railway" title="Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway">Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunblane,_Doune_and_Callander_Railway" title="Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway">Dunblane, Doune and Callander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_and_Perth_Railway" title="Dundee and Perth Railway">Dundee and Perth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_and_Perth_Railway" title="Dundee and Perth Railway">Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forfar_and_Brechin_Railway" title="Forfar and Brechin Railway">Forfar and Brechin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Terminus_and_Glasgow_Harbour_Railway" title="General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway">General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garnkirk_and_Glasgow_Railway" title="Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway">Garnkirk and Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Central_Railway" title="Glasgow Central Railway">Glasgow Central Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Paisley_and_Greenock_Railway" title="Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway">Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenock_and_Wemyss_Bay_Railway" title="Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway">Greenock and Wemyss Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_and_Strathaven_Railway" title="Hamilton and Strathaven Railway">Hamilton and Strathaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanarkshire_and_Ayrshire_Railway" title="Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway">Lanarkshire and Ayrshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanarkshire_and_Dumbartonshire_Railway" title="Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway">Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leadhills_and_Wanlockhead_Branch" title="Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch">Leadhills and Wanlockhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesmahagow_Railway" title="Lesmahagow Railway">Lesmahagow Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lochearnhead,_St_Fillans_and_Comrie_Railway" title="Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Railway">Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Barrhead_District_Railway" title="Paisley and Barrhead District Railway">Paisley and Barrhead District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth,_Almond_Valley_and_Methven_Railway" title="Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway">Perth, Almond Valley and Methven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polloc_and_Govan_Railway" title="Polloc and Govan Railway">Polloc and Govan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutherglen_and_Coatbridge_Railway" title="Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway">Rutherglen and Coatbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Central_Railway" title="Scottish Central Railway">Scottish Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Midland_Junction_Railway" title="Scottish Midland Junction Railway">Scottish Midland Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_North_Eastern_Railway" title="Scottish North Eastern Railway">Scottish North Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solway_Junction_Railway" title="Solway Junction Railway">Solway Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symington,_Biggar_and_Broughton_Railway" title="Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway">Symington, Biggar and Broughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talla_Railway" title="Talla Railway">Talla Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wishaw_and_Coltness_Railway" title="Wishaw and Coltness Railway">Wishaw and Coltness</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Lines built by the Caledonian Railway</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Balerno_line" title="Balerno line">Balerno line</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cleland_and_Midcalder_Line" title="Cleland and Midcalder Line">CR Cleland and Midcalder</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Caledonian_Main_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Caledonian Main Line">CR Main Line</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Branch_(Caledonian_Railway)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Douglas Branch (Caledonian Railway) (page does not exist)">CR Douglas Branch</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Branch_(railway)" title="Hamilton Branch (railway)">CR Hamilton Branch</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hamiltonhill_Branch" title="Hamiltonhill Branch">CR Hamiltonhill Branch</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Switchback" title="The Switchback">CR The Switchback</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Independent lines worked by the Caledonian Railway</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Callander_and_Oban_Railway" title="Callander and Oban Railway">Callander and Oban</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Killin_Railway" title="Killin Railway">Killin Railway</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Glasgow and South <br /> Western Railway</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ardrossan_Railway" title="Ardrossan Railway">Ardrossan Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardrossan_Railway" title="Ardrossan Railway">Ardrossan and Johnstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayr_and_Dalmellington_Railway" title="Ayr and Dalmellington Railway">Ayr and Dalmellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayr_and_Maybole_Junction_Railway" title="Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway">Ayr and Maybole Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayr_to_Mauchline_Branch" title="Ayr to Mauchline Branch">Ayr to Mauchline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girvan_and_Portpatrick_Junction_Railway" title="Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway">Ayrshire and Wigtownshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrhead_Branch" title="Barrhead Branch">Barrhead Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridge_of_Weir_Railway" title="Bridge of Weir Railway">Bridge of Weir Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cairn_Valley_Light_Railway" title="Cairn Valley Light Railway">Cairn Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caledonian_and_Dumbartonshire_Junction_Railway" title="Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway">Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Douglas_and_Dumfries_Railway" title="Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway">Castle Douglas and Dumfries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalry_and_North_Johnstone_Line" title="Dalry and North Johnstone Line">Dalry and North Johnstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darvel_Branch" title="Darvel Branch">Darvel Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girvan_and_Portpatrick_Junction_Railway" title="Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway">Girvan and Portpatrick Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Dumfries_and_Carlisle_Railway" title="Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway">Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Paisley,_Kilmarnock_and_Ayr_Railway" title="Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway">Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenock_and_Ayrshire_Railway" title="Greenock and Ayrshire Railway">Greenock and Ayrshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock_and_Troon_Railway" title="Kilmarnock and Troon Railway">Kilmarnock and Troon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Largs_Branch" title="Largs Branch">Largs Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maidens_and_Dunure_Light_Railway" title="Maidens and Dunure Light Railway">Maidens and Dunure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maybole_and_Girvan_Railway" title="Maybole and Girvan Railway">Maybole and Girvan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Renfrew_Railway" title="Paisley and Renfrew Railway">Paisley and Renfrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_Canal_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Paisley Canal Line">Paisley Canal Line</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Great North of <br /> Scotland Railway</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banff,_Macduff_and_Turriff_Junction_Railway" title="Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway">Aberdeen and Turriff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deeside_Railway" title="Deeside Railway">Aboyne and Braemar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alford_Valley_Railway_(GNoSR)" title="Alford Valley Railway (GNoSR)">Alford Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banff,_Macduff_and_Turriff_Junction_Railway" title="Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway">Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banff,_Portsoy_and_Strathisla_Railway" title="Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway">Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boddam_Branch_(GNoSR)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boddam Branch (GNoSR) (page does not exist)">Boddam Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deeside_Railway" title="Deeside Railway">Deeside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denburn_Valley_Line" title="Denburn Valley Line">Denburn Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Formartine_and_Buchan_Railway" title="Formartine and Buchan Railway">Formartine and Buchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverury_and_Old_Meldrum_Junction_Railway" title="Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway">Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_and_Dufftown_Railway_(GNoSR)" title="Keith and Dufftown Railway (GNoSR)">Keith and Dufftown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moray_Coast_Railway" title="Moray Coast Railway">Moray Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morayshire_Railway" title="Morayshire Railway">Morayshire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Combs_Light_Railway_(GNoSR)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St Combs Light Railway (GNoSR) (page does not exist)">St Combs Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strathspey_Railway_(GNoSR)" title="Strathspey Railway (GNoSR)">Strathspey Railway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Highland Railway</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buckie_and_Portessie_Branch" title="Buckie and Portessie Branch">Buckie and Portessie Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dingwall_and_Skye_Railway" title="Dingwall and Skye Railway">Dingwall and Skye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Sutherland%27s_Railway" title="Duke of Sutherland's Railway">Duke of Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Aberdeen_Junction_Railway#Findhorn_Railway" title="Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway">Findhorn Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortrose_Branch" title="Fortrose Branch">Fortrose Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Aberdeen_Junction_Railway" title="Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway">Inverness and Aberdeen Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Aviemore_Direct_Railway" title="Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway">Inverness and Aviemore Direct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Nairn_Railway" title="Inverness and Nairn Railway">Inverness and Nairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway" title="Inverness and Perth Junction Railway">Inverness and Perth Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Ross-shire_Railway" title="Inverness and Ross-shire Railway">Inverness and Ross-shire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dingwall_and_Skye_Railway" title="Dingwall and Skye Railway">Kyle of Lochalsh Extension</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_and_Dunkeld_Railway" title="Perth and Dunkeld Railway">Perth and Dunkeld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutherland_and_Caithness_Railway" title="Sutherland and Caithness Railway">Sutherland and Caithness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutherland_Railway" title="Sutherland Railway">Sutherland Railway</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Independent lines worked by the Highland Railway</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dornoch_Light_Railway" title="Dornoch Light Railway">Dornoch Light Railway</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wick_and_Lybster_Light_Railway" title="Wick and Lybster Light Railway">Wick and Lybster Light Railway</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North British<br />Railway</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberlady,_Gullane_and_North_Berwick_Railway" title="Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway">Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fife_Coast_Railway#Anstruther_and_St_Andrews_Railway" title="Fife Coast Railway">Anstruther and St Andrews Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballochney_Railway" title="Ballochney Railway">Ballochney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bathgate_and_Coatbridge_Railway" title="Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway">Bathgate and Coatbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blane_Valley_Railway" title="Blane Valley Railway">Blane Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_Counties_Railway" title="Border Counties Railway">Border Counties Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_Union_Railway" title="Border Union Railway">Border Union Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campsie_Branch_(E%26GR)" class="mw-redirect" title="Campsie Branch (E&GR)">Campsie Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_and_Silloth_Bay_Railway_and_Dock_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company">Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_mineral_railways_of_Dunfermline#Charlestown_Railway_and_Harbour_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="The mineral railways of Dunfermline">Charlestown Railway and Harbour Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coatbridge_Branch_(NBR)" title="Coatbridge Branch (NBR)">Coatbridge Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devon_Valley_Railway" title="Devon Valley Railway">Devon Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_and_Queensferry_Railway" title="Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway">Dunfermline and Queensferry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fife_Coast_Railway#East_of_Fife_Railway" title="Fife Coast Railway">East of Fife Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_to_Bathgate_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh to Bathgate Line">Edinburgh and Bathgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_and_Dalkeith_Railway" title="Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway">Edinburgh and Dalkeith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_and_Glasgow_Railway" title="Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway">Edinburgh and Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_and_Hawick_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh and Hawick Railway">Edinburgh and Hawick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh,_Leith_and_Newhaven_Railway" title="Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway">Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh,_Loanhead_and_Roslin_Railway" title="Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway">Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_and_Northern_Railway" title="Edinburgh and Northern Railway">Edinburgh and Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Suburban_and_Southside_Junction_Railway" title="Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway">Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esk_Valley_Railway_(Scotland)" title="Esk Valley Railway (Scotland)">Esk Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eyemouth_Railway" title="Eyemouth Railway">Eyemouth Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Railways_of_Kinross#Fife_and_Kinross_Railway" title="Railways of Kinross">Fife and Kinross Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forth_and_Clyde_Junction_Railway" title="Forth and Clyde Junction Railway">Forth and Clyde Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gifford_and_Garvald_Railway" title="Gifford and Garvald Railway">Gifford and Garvald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Bothwell,_Hamilton_and_Coatbridge_Railway" title="Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway">Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_City_and_District_Railway" title="Glasgow City and District Railway">Glasgow City and District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Dumbarton_and_Helensburgh_Railway" title="Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway">Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_and_Milngavie_Junction_Railway" title="Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway">Glasgow and Milngavie Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Yoker_and_Clydebank_Railway" title="Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway">Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Valley_Railway" title="Kelvin Valley Railway">Kelvin Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kincardine_Line" title="Kincardine Line">Kincardine Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Railways_of_Kinross#Kinross-shire_Railway" title="Railways of Kinross">Kinross-shire Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirkcaldy_and_District_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirkcaldy and District Railway">Kirkcaldy and District Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leadburn,_Linton_and_Dolphinton_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton Railway">Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fife_Coast_Railway#Leven_Railway" title="Fife Coast Railway">Leven Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fife_Coast_Railway#Leven_and_East_of_Fife_Railway" title="Fife Coast Railway">Leven and East of Fife Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macmerry_Branch" title="Macmerry Branch">Macmerry Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monkland_and_Kirkintilloch_Railway" title="Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway">Monkland and Kirkintilloch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monkland_Railways" title="Monkland Railways">Monkland Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose_and_Bervie_Railway" title="Montrose and Bervie Railway">Montrose and Bervie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallaig_Extension_Railway" title="Mallaig Extension Railway">Mallaig Extension</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburgh_and_North_Fife_Railway" title="Newburgh and North Fife Railway">Newburgh and North Fife Railway</a> (worked by NBR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_Railway,_Scotland" title="Newport Railway, Scotland">Newport Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Berwick_Branch" title="North Berwick Branch">North Berwick Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_British,_Arbroath_and_Montrose_Railway" title="North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway">North British, Arbroath and Montrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peebles_Railway" title="Peebles Railway">Peebles Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_St._Andrews_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="The St. Andrews Railway">The St. Andrews Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stirling_and_Dunfermline_Railway" title="Stirling and Dunfermline Railway">Stirling and Dunfermline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strathendrick_and_Aberfoyle_Railway" title="Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway">Strathendrick and Aberfoyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slamannan_Railway" title="Slamannan Railway">Slamannan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slamannan_and_Borrowstounness_Railway" title="Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway">Slamannan and Borrowstounness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wemyss_and_Buckhaven_Railway" title="Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway">Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Highland_Railway" title="West Highland Railway">West Highland Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_mineral_railways_of_Dunfermline#West_of_Fife_Mineral_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="The mineral railways of Dunfermline">West of Fife Mineral Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilsontown,_Morningside_and_Coltness_Railway" title="Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway">Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Joint lines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caledonian_and_Dumbartonshire_Junction_Railway" title="Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway">Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Union_Line" title="City Union Line">City Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_and_Arbroath_Railway" title="Dundee and Arbroath Railway">Dundee and Arbroath</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Darvel and Strathaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_and_Paisley_Joint_Railway" title="Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway">Glasgow and Paisley Joint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_and_Renfrew_District_Railway" title="Glasgow and Renfrew District Railway">Glasgow and Renfrew District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Barrhead_and_Kilmarnock_Joint_Railway" title="Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway">Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilsyth_and_Bonnybridge_railway" title="Kilsyth and Bonnybridge railway">Kilsyth and Bonnybridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portpatrick_and_Wigtownshire_Joint_Railway" title="Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway">Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other lines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brechin_and_Edzell_District_Railway" title="Brechin and Edzell District Railway">Brechin and Edzell District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbeltown_and_Machrihanish_Light_Railway" title="Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway">Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cromarty_and_Dingwall_Light_Railway" title="Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway">Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_and_Arbroath_Railway" title="Dundee and Arbroath Railway">Dundee and Arbroath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hagdale_Chromate_Railway" title="Hagdale Chromate Railway">Hagdale Chromate Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invergarry_and_Fort_Augustus_Railway" title="Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway">Invergarry and Fort Augustus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lealt_Valley_Diatomite_Railway" title="Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway">Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lochaber_Narrow_Gauge_Railway" 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