Blane Valley Railway, a railway of W Stirlingshire, from Lennoxtown in Campsie parish west-by-northward to Strathblane village, and thence north-by-westward to Killearn village. It is 8½ miles long; was authorised in 1861, on a capital of £51,000 in £l0 shares and £17,000 on loan; and was opened for goods in October 1866, for passengers in July 1867. By Act of 1865 the company was authorised to construct an extension, 2¾ miles long, to the Forth and Clyde Junction.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)