Opened 1842 from Queens Street to Haymarket as Scotland's first inter-city passenger line. Until 1908, trains were cable hauled up the Cowlairs Incline
Former Ticket Office of the Glasgow Subway. Opened 1896 and the 3rd-oldest underground metro in the world. A 6½ mile circuit; cable-hauled until electrified in 1935
Designed by Thomas Telford and including the longest aqueduct span of the canal era. Opened 1811, converted to a railway in 1885, closed 1983, partially re-opened 1990
Built for the single track railway which here ran on a ledge on the side of the mountain, they are a stark reminder of the effort required to build a railway in such inhospitable country. They are listed Grade B.
The doyen of great British railway hotels, Gleneagles was created by the Caledonian Railway but opened under LMS ownership in 1924 in rolling Perthshire countryside facing the Ochil Hills.
Best known viaduct on the West Highland line, an early example of the use of mass concrete, and starred in four Harry Potter films.
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