Opening
The first lines opened on 8 May 1828, from Kipps (where there was an end-on junction with the M&KR) to a colliery at Ballochney; there were branches to Airdrie, Hallcraig Street, to Clarkston Wester Monklands, and to Thrushbush Quarry. The engineer was Thomas Grainger).
The line was about six miles in extent, and it included two self-acting inclined planes to gain altitude in reaching the high ground where the mines were located.
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