CILT(UK) The Monkland & Kirkintilloch Railway at 200
What: CILT(UK) The Monkland & Kirkintilloch Railway at 200
When: 24th November 2026- 17:55 - 19:00
Where: Zoom
Speaker: Don Martin, railway historian and autho
Last year, Railway 200 celebrated the bicentenary of the Stockton & Darlington railway. May 1826 saw the opening of the Monkland &
Kirkintilloch railway, which by emulating the Stockton & Darlington railway in the use of malleable iron rails able to take the weight of
steam locomotives can claim to be Scotland's first modern railway. Renowned local historian Don Martin will tell us the story of this
pioneering line, whose legacy continues to be felt today in North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire.