The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway was an early mineral railway running from a colliery at Monklands to the Forth and Clyde Canal at Kirkintilloch, Scotland. It was the first in Scotland to successfully use locomotive power, and was a major influence in the successful development of the Lanarkshire iron industry.
It was built to enable the cheaper transport of minerals—coal and iron ore—to market, connecting with the Forth and Clyde Canal at Kirkintilloch; passengers were later carried. It opened in 1826.
In 1848 it merged with two adjoining railway lines to become the Monkland Railways; which in turn were absorbed by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
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