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Cross-country lines of the Glasgow and South Western Railway : ウィキペディア英語版 | Cross-country lines of the Glasgow and South Western Railway Cross-country lines of the Glasgow and South Western Railway This article describes the cross-country railway routes of the Glasgow and South Western Railway in Ayrshire. ==Introduction== The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (GPK&AR) opened its line from Glasgow to Ayr in 1839 - 1840, extending to Kilmarnock in 1843. The GPK&AR intended to extend to Carlisle, but in fact an allied line, the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway built the southern end of the route. The two railways merged in 1850, forming the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR). At that time it owned a main line from Glasgow to Carlisle via Kilmarnock and Dumfries, and from Glasgow to Ayr and Kilmarnock. Extensions followed, and enabled the G&SWR eventually to reach Stranraer and Portpatrick, as well as Greenock and Largs. Those routes may be considered as radiating from Glasgow, with the addition of the long west-east trajectory of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway and the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway; the development of all of these routes is traced on other pages. An important part of the business of the G&SWR and its predecessor company was carrying minerals, chiefly ironstone and coal, and several lines were built to achieve that object.〔David Ross, ''The Glasgow and South Western Railway: A History'', Stenlake Publishing Limited, Catrine, 2104, ISBN 978 1 84033 648 1〕 In general they cut across the radiating main lines, and are not necessarily contiguous. In order to describe the development of this group of lines, their development is brought together in this article.
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