 The eastern end of the proposed railway fed into the Caledonian network towards Hamilton, Motherwell and Coatbridge.At the western end, it fed to the Queen's Dock at Stobcross, and to the important suburb at Maryhill, and also to nearby Dawsholm.Dawsholm was almost entirely industrial; for many years there had been an important textile printing works there and a large Corporation gasworks had been established there in 1871 and much extended later.