Amalgamation To Form The Monkland Railways
On 14 August 1848 the Ballochney Railway merged with the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway and the Slamannan Railway to become the Monkland Railways.
The Monkland Railways were absorbed by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway by an Act of Parliament, dated 5 July 1865, effective from 31 July 1865. A day later (on 1 August 1865) the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was absorbed into the North British Railway.
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