Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line

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intercity rail route railway line

The Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line is a major intercity rail route linking Scotland’s two largest cities and serving as one of the country’s busiest and most important transport corridors.

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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form Occurrences
Edinburgh–Glasgow railway line 3
Edinburgh–Glasgow line 2
Edinburgh–Glasgow route (via Falkirk) 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intercity rail route ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
connects Edinburgh ⓘ
Glasgow ⓘ
connectsEconomicCenters financial centre of Edinburgh ⓘ
industrial and commercial centre of Glasgow ⓘ
connectsMetropolitanAreas Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh city region

Greater Glasgow ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
electrification 25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ
electrificationStatus fully electrified on main route via Falkirk High ⓘ
hasFunction links Scotland’s two largest cities ⓘ
hasLanguageOfSignage English ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
hasRouteVariant Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Glasgow–Edinburgh via Carstairs line

Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk Grahamston line

Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk High line

Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Glasgow–Edinburgh via Shotts line
historicalImportance key corridor in development of Scottish railways ⓘ
infrastructureType double-track railway (on core sections) ⓘ
isOneOf busiest rail routes in Scotland ⓘ
most important transport corridors in Scotland ⓘ
locatedIn Lowlands ⓘ
surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

United Kingdom ⓘ
modeOfTransport rail ⓘ
operator ScotRail ⓘ
ownedBy Network Rail ⓘ
partOf Scottish rail network ⓘ
primaryUse commuter traffic ⓘ
intercity travel ⓘ
regionServed Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
serviceType intercity rail ⓘ
passenger rail ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
terminus Edinburgh Waverley ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh Waverley railway station

Glasgow Queen Street railway station ⓘ
trackGauge 1,435 mm standard gauge ⓘ
usedBy express passenger services ⓘ
stopping passenger services ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edinburgh commuter rail network → connectsTo → Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glasgow Queen Street via Falkirk
Edinburgh–Inverness line → connectsTo → Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glasgow–Edinburgh lines (via Stirling and other junctions)
River Almond → crossedBy → Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edinburgh–Glasgow railway line
West Lothian → hasRailService → Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edinburgh–Glasgow railway line
Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line → hasRouteVariant → Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk High line
Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line → hasRouteVariant → Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk Grahamston line
Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line → hasRouteVariant → Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glasgow–Edinburgh via Shotts line
Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line → hasRouteVariant → Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glasgow–Edinburgh via Carstairs line
Central Lowlands of Scotland → hasTransportInfrastructure → Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line ⓘ
Edinburgh commuter rail network → includesLine → Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edinburgh–Glasgow via Falkirk Line
Scottish rail network → includesLine → Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glasgow–Edinburgh main lines
Glasgow Queen Street railway station → isMajorTerminusFor → Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edinburgh–Glasgow railway line
Edinburgh Waverley → isOnLine → Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edinburgh–Glasgow line
Edinburgh Haymarket railway station → lineServed → Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edinburgh–Glasgow line
Edinburgh Haymarket railway station → lineServed → Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line
North British Railway → operatedLine → Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edinburgh–Glasgow route (via Falkirk)