| 12/04/1770 | Royal Assent granted for the construction of the Monkland Canal |
| June 1770 | Work Commences on the Monkland Canal |
| 1773 | Initial subscription of £10,000 runs out, work stops with the canal 2 miles short of Glasgow City Centre. |
| 1782 | Canal sold and new owners who complete construction of the canal to Castle Street. |
| 1790 | Canal authorised to extend to join Forth and Clyde Canal and from Sheepford to the River Calder |
| 1791 | Faskine Colliery, first major colliery in Airdrie commences production. |
| 1791 | Junction with F&C opened to navigation. |
| 1799 | Branch opened to Greenend to serve Colliery. Later extended to Calder Iron Wks (Dixon's Cut) |
| 1800 | Waggonway constructed from Legbrannock colliery to Monkland Canal |
| 1802 | Calder Steel & Iron Co. commence production. |
| 1805-1815 | Development of collieries at Cairnhill & Kippsbyre, |
| 1816 | Alexander Baird commences development of Rochsolloch, Drumpellier and Gartsherrie Collieries. |
| 17/05/1824 | Royal Assent granted for the Monkland & Kirkintilloch Railway |
| 1826 | Monklands Iron & Steel Co. open Chapelhall Iron Works |
| 5/05/1826 | Royal Assent granted for the Ballochney Railway |
| 10/1826 | M&K opened in full (Palacecraig to Kirkintilloch) |
| 05/1826 | Royal Assent granted for the Garnkirk & Glasgow Railway |
| 08/08/1828 | Ballochney Railway fully opened |
| 1829 | Gartsherrie Branch of Monkland Canal Opens |
| 1829 | Wishaw & Coltness Railway Authorised |
| 1830 | Whiterigg Branch (Ballochney Rly) constructed |
| 4/5/1830 | William Baird commences operations at Gartsherrie Iron Works |
| 1831 | Monkland & Kirkintilloch commence using steam traction. |
| 05/1831 | G&G commences freight operations |
| 06/1831 | Passenger service commences between Leaend and Townhead |
| 27/08/1831 | Formal opening of G&G |
| 1833 | Dundyvan Iron Works commences production |
| 1833 | M&K Act for Rosehall and Gunnie Branches introduced. |
| 23/01/1834 | Whifflet-Holytown section of Wishaw & Coltness Opened |
| 1835 | Calderbank Iron Works Commence Production |
| 1835 | Dykehead Branch (Ballochney Rly) Opened from Craigmaukin to Dykehead |
| 03/07/1835 | Royal Assent granted for the Slamannan Railway |
| 1837 | Summerlee Iron Works Commences Production |
| 1837 | Rosehall Branch (M&K) opened (the “tunnel” branch). |
| 1838 | Carnbroe Iron Works Commences Production |
| 1838 | Mosside Locomotive Works (M&K) Established |
| 07/1840 | Slamannan Railway opened to traffic |
| 1841 | Langloan Iron Works Commences Production |
| 05/1841 | Dykehead branch (Ballochney Railway) extended to Darngavil |
| 02/1843 | Garnkirk & Glasgow Railway extended from Gartsherrie to Coatbridge. (site of existing Coatbridge Central Station) |
| 1843 | Drumpellier Railway opened from Cuilhill on the Monkland Canal to collieries in the Bargeddie Area. |
| 09/03/1844 | Wishaw and Coltness opened throughout. |
| Passenger service between Leaend and Townhead withdrawn | |
| 26/12/1844 | Passenger Service Between Hallcraig St and E&G Commenced |
| 07/1844 | Garnkirk & Glasgow Railway becomes Glasgow, Garnkirk & Coatbridge Railway. Whifflet extension authorised |
| 06/08/1844 | Parliamentary Authorisation for change of gauge – Wishaw & Coltness Railway |
| 30/06/1845 | Parliamentary Authorisation for change of gauge – Glasgow Garnkirk & Coatbridge Railway, Monkland & Kirkintilloch Railway |
| 14/07/1845 | Glasgow, Garnkirk & Coatbridge Railway extended from Coatbridge to Whifflet. (Flat junction over Rosehall Branch built) |
| 31/07/1845 | Caledonian Railway Authorised |
| 01/01/1846 | Garnkirk & Coatbridge Railway leased by Caledonian Railway, |
| 01/01/1846 | Wishaw & Coltness Railway leased by Caledonian Railway |
| 26/06/1846 | Parliamentary Authorisation for change of gauge – Ballochney Railway |
| 16/07/1846 | Parliamentary Authorisation for change of gauge – Slamannan Railway |
| July –Aug 1847 | Change of gauge Monkland & Kirkintilloch, Ballochney and Slamannan Railways |
| 26/07/1847 | Change of gauge, Glasgow, Garnkirk & Coatbridge and Wishaw & Coltness Railways |
| 15/02/1848 | Caledonian Railway commence running from Glasgow to the South |
| 07/08/1848 | Caledonian Railway Castlecary branch opened (Garnqueen South Junction) |
| 14/08/1848 | Monkland Railways formed by amalgamation of Monkland & Kirkintilloch, Ballochney and Slamannan Railways |
| 1851 | Drumpellier Railway taken under control of Forth and Clyde Navigation |
| Nov 1855 | Calderbank Branch (to Calderbank Iron Works) opened to traffic |
| 10/05/1861 | Mineral traffic commenced on Monkland Railways “New Line” (Bathgate – Kipps) |
| 11/08/1862 | Monkland Railways Bathgate – Kipps opened to passenger traffic |
| 01/12/1863 | Coatbridge Sunnyside Station Opened |
| 1864 | Map on www.oldmaps.co.uk |
| 1864 | Kipps Locomotive Shed opened (probable date based on map) |
| 31/07/1865 | Monklands Railway Company absorbed by Edinburgh and Glasgow. |
| 01/08/1865 | Edinburgh & Glasgow Absorbed by North British |
| 20/09/1865 | Rutherglen & Coatbridge (Caledonian) Opened to Goods Traffic (1864 map shows track in place between Whifflet and Bargeddie, but spur from Langloan Junction to Coatbridge Junction still to be built) |
| 08/01/1866 | Rutherglen & Coatbridge (Caledonian) Opened to Passenger Traffic |
| 1868 | Lease on Rosehall Branch would expire |
| 1868 | Dundyvan Iron Works Closes Down |
| Dec 1870 | Passenger service to Hallcraig St Withdrawn. |
| 01/02/1871 | Sunnyside Junction – Glasgow (College) opened |
| 1872 | Former M&K route diversion to bridge over Edinburgh-Glasgow Road Completed |
| 16/07/1874 | Glasgow, Bothwell & Hamilton Railway Authorised |
| 01/11/1878 | Whifflet – Bothwell opened to Goods Traffic |
| 01/05/1879 | Whifflet – Bothwell opened to Passenger Traffic |
| 01/08/1879 | Glasgow, Bothwell & Hamilton Railway Absorbed by North British (having been operated by NB since mid-summer) |
| 19/04/1886 | Airdrie Branch opened to Goods Traffic. Wooden Locomotive shed with two roads, 42ft turntable and coal stage opened by Airdrie station. A sub-shed of Dawsholm. |
| 01/06/1886 | Airdrie Branch (Caledonian) Opened to Passenger Traffic |
| 01/06/1886 | Old Whifflet Caledonian Station closed and replaced by Whifflet Low Level Station |
| 1887 | Calderbank Iron & Steel Works Close Down |
| 20/08/1887 | Fatal accident occurs when Calderbank viaduct collapses and locomotive and wagons fall into valley below. |
| 01/09/1887 | Cairnhill Junction– Chapelhall opened |
| 1888 | Coatbridge Sunnyside Station Buildings completed |
| 02/07/1888 | Chapelhall – Newhouse opened |
| 29/06/1895 | Original Whifflet (N.B.) Station closed and replaced by staion further to North. (????) |
| 05/10/1897 | Airdrie shed expanded. |
| 21/11/1899 | Airdrie shed burns down |
| c1900 | Caledonian Railway rebuild G.G & Coatbridge Station |
| 01/05/1900 | New Airdrie shed planned |
| 01/11/1900 | New, larger, 3 road Airdrie shed opened. |
| 20/12/1903 | Increased capacity between Coatbridge Central and Gartsherrie - line quadrupled |
| 03/1904 | Line Doubled between Airdrie and Bathgate |
| 1919 | Langloan Iron Works Closes Down |
| 1921 | Calder Iron & Steel works close |
| 1921 | Carnbroe Iron Works Close Down |
| 09/06/1924 | Rawyards West Junction to Calderbank Branch Junction Closed. |
| 1925 | Last 0-4-0 tender engine in Britain, NBR No.1011, withdrawn from Kipps Shed. |
| 1930 | Summerlee Ironworks Closes Down |
| 01/05/1930 | Passenger Service Withdrawn between Manuel Low Level and Coatbridge (Greenside Junction). Longriggend, Whiterigg, Rawyards and Commonhead Stations closed. |
| 22/09/1930 | Forrestfield Station Closed |
| 22/09/1930 | Whifflet (N.B.) Staion closed |
| 01/12/1930 | Passenger service withdrawn between Airdrie and Newhouse |
| 27/12/1935 | Cairnhill Junction - Gartness Junction closed and lifted. |
| 1939 | Freight service withdrawn between Chapelhall and Calderbank |
| 18/06/1939 | Line singled between Chapelhall and Calderbank |
| 11/08/1939 | Calderbank (LNER) Branch closed to all traffic (Possible Date - this is date of closure of Calderbank Steelworks Junction which was link from Caledonian branch) |
| 12/08/1939 | Line singled between Airdrie and Calderbank |
| 11/09/1939 | Airdrie shed closed. Part of the coaling stage moved to Yoker shed. |
| 28/10/1940 | Gartsherrie (LMS) Passenger Station closed. |
| 31/07/1941 | Freight service withdrawn between Calderbank and Airdrie (LMS). Line remained OOU until 1954 |
| 01/08/1942 | LMS Apply for Abandonment order for the Monkland Canal |
| 03/05/1943 | Passenger service Withdrawn between Airdrie and Whifflet Upper. Airdrie (Cal.) and Calder Stations Closed |
| 01/02/1944 | Rosehall No10 Pit, last of the Rosehall Mines closed down |
| 02/09/1945 | Line singled between Whifflet and Bothwell. Signalboxes at Whifflet Central and Carnbroe (NB) closed |
| 13/06/1948 | Line singled between Whifflet High Level and Airdrie (Cal.) |
| 01/09/1949 | Freight service withdrawn between Slamannan & Rawyards |
| 18/06/1951 | Plains Station Closed |
| 10/09/1951 | Passenger service withdrawn between Blairhill and Bothwell, Coatbridge Central (N.B.) Station Closed |
| 08/06/1953 | Coatbridge (Caledonian Station) adopts name Coatbridge Central |
| 29/12/1954 | Calderbank to Airdrie (LMS) formally closed. |
| 1955 | "Glen" mine at Shawhead, (opened in1940) closed down |
| 10/07/1955 | Freight services withdrawn between Bothwell & Whifflet East Junction. Branch remained in situ OOU until 1961 |
| 09/01/1956 | Passenger service withdrawn between Airdrie and Bathgate. Clarkston and Caldercruix Stations closed. |
| 01/05/1956 | Freight service withdrawn between Rawyards and Commonhead. (Rawyards Signalbox was not formally closed until 04/08/1958) |
| 18/07/1960 | Electrification and Re-signalling work on Airdrie - Glasgow Line. New Signalbox opened at Airdrie Station (28/02/1960), control area of Sunnyside Junction expanded to include Greenside Junction and that Box Abolished. Control Area of Heatheryknowe box expanded and box at Blairhill Station Closed |
| 05/11/1960 | Electric Services Inaugurated over the Glasgow North route |
| 19/12/1960 | Electric Services Suspended due to safety fears with the transformer equipment |
| 1961 | R.B. Tennants open the Meadow Works |
| 06/06/1961 | Bothwell to Whifflet East Junction formally closed. Branch remained in use as far as Rosehall Top sidings (Carnbroe N.B. Junction) for locomotive storage until at least 1962 |
| 01/10/1961 | Electric Services Re-Introduced |
| 05/11/1962 | Whifflet (Lower) Cal. Station Closed |
| 05/11/1962 | Passenger Service Withdrawn between Gartcosh Junction and Gartsherrie South Junction |
| 31/12/1962 | Kipps Locomotive Shed Closed. Site retained for locomotive storage. |
| 06/07/1964 | Freight Services withdrawn between Airdrie and Imperial Works Siding Headshunt. |
| 06/07/1964 | Freight service withdrawn between Airdrie North Goods and Kipps Incline Foot |
| 31/08/1964 | Gartsherrie North Junction Closed. |
| 05/10/1964 | Passenger Service Withdrawn between Whifflet Upper and Langloan West Junction. Whifflet (Upper), Langloan, Drumpark and Bailieston Stations Closed. |
| 02/04/1966 | Kirkintilloch Basin to Chryston closed |
| 04/04/1966 | Freight service withdrawn between Newhouse and Chapelhall |
| 07/11/1966 | Passenger Service Withdrawn between Coatbridge Central and Rutherglen Junction |
| 1967 | Gartsherrie Iron Works (last in district) closed |
| 03/04/1967 | Calder Goods Branch Closed |
| 05/11/1967 | Chryston to Bedley Junction closed to all traffic. Line to Chryston had been out of use since 26/02/1967 |
| 05/11/1967 | Bedlay Junction to Garnqueen South Junction Reduced to Single Track |
| 07/11/1967 | Gartsherrie East Junction Closed. Link to Gunnie Yard from the North severed |
| 17/12/1967 | Brownieside Junction to Boots Factory siding closed to all traffic (Speculative date - this is date Caldercruix Signalbox closed, which controlled the ground frame at Brownieside Junction) |
| 1969 | Freightliner terminal opened at Coatbridge |
| 18/08/1971 | Freight service withdrawn between Kipps Incline Foot and Greenside Junction |
| 01/05/1972 | Temporary Passenger Service Reinstated between Coatbridge Central and Rutherglen Junction (1 train each way Glasgow Central - Perth) |
| 09/12/1973 | Motherwell Power Box commissioned. Signalboxes at Whifflet North Junction, Coatbridge Junction, Coatbridge Central Station, Langloan Junction and Rosehall Junction abolished |
| 04/05/1974 | Temporary passenger Service Withdrawn between Coatbridge Central and Rutherglen Junction |
| 07/05/1974 | "Clansman" Euston - Birmingham - (Coatbridge Central) -Inverness Passenger Service Commences Running. |
| 03/05/1976 | Passenger Service reinstated between Gartcosh Junction and Gartsherrie South Junction (Through sleeper services Fort-William to Euston via Glasgow Central) |
| 1978 | Freightliner terminal expanded to current status, access from the South created. |
| c1979 | Class 314's appear on services to Airdrie for a short time. |
| 16/12/1979 | Airdrie to Bathgate line reduced to Single Track. |
| 1980(?) | Souterhouse Branch Closed to all traffic (Closure of British Tube Works, last customer served by the branch) |
| 04/08/1981 | Electrification extended from Mossend to Coatbridge Freightliner Terminal |
| 1981 | Bedley Colliery, Last in District, Closed |
| 11/12/1981 | Bedley Colliery to Garnqueen South Junction closed. (Garnqueen South Junction box was not formally closed until June 1983) |
| 15/02/1982 | Clarkston (Inverhouse Distillery branch Junction) to Bathgate closed to all traffic. |
| 1984(?) | Sheepford Coal Concentration Depot closed, Sheepford branch closed to all traffic. Branch is shown as closed in the 1985 edition of the Quail Track Diagrams (Scottish Region) |
| 11/05/1985 | Last 1S81 2050 Carlisle - Perth ran |
| 01/12/1985 | Airdrie to Inverhouse Distillery closed to all traffic |
| 1986 | BSC Calder Tubeworks Closed |
| May-87 | "Clansman" Euston - Birmingham - Inverness Passenger Service re-routed via Edinburgh. End of direct daytime Inter-City Services to/from Coatbridge Central. |
| Aug-87 | Airdrie to Hamilton service re-instated |
| 1988 | Motorail Traffic through Coatbridge Central ends |
| 01/08/1989 | Imperial works Branch closed to all traffic |
| 14/05/1989 | Sleeper services through Coatbridge Central Withdrawn |
| 16/05/1989 | Airdrie -Drumgelloch re-opened |
| 01/07/1989 | Yoker Power Signalbox Commissioned. Airdrie, Sunnyside Junction and Heatheryknowe Signalboxes abolished. |
| 09 or 10/1989 | Sunnyside Junction - Whifflet South Junction Electrified to provide diversionary route for Lanark services during Newton Engineering Works |
| 1990 | Class 320 EMU's start passenger services on Drumgelloch line. |
| Dec-92 | Clitheroe-Gunnie Cement traffic Ceased |
| 04/11/1993 | New Whifflet - Glasgow Service Commences |
| 30/11/1995 | R.B. Tennant cease production at Whifflet Foundry |
| 26/05/1996 | Motherwell - Cumbernauld passenger service Introduced |
| 01/03/1999 | Cowlairs Signalling Centre commissioned, Gartsherrie South Junction and Garnqueen North Signalboxes abolished. Last Semaphore Signals in the district Removed. |
| Sep-01 | Original R.B. Tennant’s Whifflet Foundry Demolished. |
| 01/10/2002 | Emergency timetable on Airdrie/Drumgelloch to Helensburgh/Balloch comes to an end, 15min service interval restored. |
| 12/10/2002 | Derailment of the 11:46 Airdrie to Balloch at Airdrie Station formed by 320307. |
| 01/10/2002 | Class 318s and 334s begin appearing at Airdrie |
| 27/12/2002 | 303011 works last 303 service from Airdrie Station (18:58 Drumgelloch to Helensburgh) |
| 06/01/2003 | Peak hour service restored between Coatbridge Central and Hamilton Circle |