| Date | Passenger Route Closure | (PGCo) | Remarks | Links |
| 7 Jul 1930 | Kincardine Jct. {Alloa} - Charlestown Jct. {Dunfermline} via Culross | (NBR) | (retained as a freight route) | ROCR |
| 7 Apr 1952 | London Rd. Jct. - Leith (Central) | (NBR) | (Leith Central used as Diesel Maintenance Depot 1957-1972) | ROCR |
| 10 Sep 1962 | Haymarket Central Jct. - Craiglockhart Jct. | (NBR) | (Edinburgh Suburban line stations) | ROCR |
| 5 Oct 1964 | Dunglass Jct. - Dalmarnock Jct. {Rutherglen} via Glasgow Central (Low Level) | (Cal) | (Part of route re-opened in 1979) | ROCR |
| 3 May 1965 | Buckingham Jct. - Dundee (West) | (Cal) | (Glasgow trains re-routed to Dundee (Tay Bridge) station) | ROCR |
| 14 Jun 1965 | Dumfries No.1 Jct. - Challoch Jct. (via Castle Douglas) | (GSWR /PP&W) | (Carlisle – Stranraer trains re-routed via Annbank) | ROCR |
| 6 Sep 1965 | Slateford Jct. - Edinburgh (Princes Street) | (Cal) | (Trains re-routed to Edinburgh Waverley via Haymarket) | ROCR |
| 4 Oct 1965 | Dyce Jct. – Fraserburgh | (GNSR) | (Line remained for freight until 1979) | ROCR |
| 18 Oct 1965 | Aviemore North Jct. - Forres (excl.) | (HR) | (Part re-opened by Strathspey Railway) | ROCR |
| 18 Oct 1965 | Boat of Garten - Craigellachie (Jct.) | (GNSR) | | ROCR |
| 1 Nov 1965 | Dunblane (Jct.) - Crianlarich Lower Jct (via Callander) | (Cal) | West part closed early. (Glasgow – Oban trains re-routed from Glasgow Queen Street via Ardlui) | ROCR |
| 28 Feb 1966 | Ferryhill Jct. {Aberdeen} – Ballater | (GNSR) | | ROCR |
| 27 Jun 1966 | Glasgow (St. Enoch) - Shields No.1 Jct. / Bellahouston No.2 | (GSWR) | (Kilmacolm/Largs/Ayr/Stranraer trains re-routed to Glasgow Central) | ROCR |
| 7 Nov 1966 | Glasgow (Buchanan Street) - Sighthill East Jct. | (Cal) | (Perth/Stirling trains re-routed to Glasgow Queen Street) | ROCR |
| 4 Sep 1967 | Stanley Junction (Jct.) - Kinnaber Jct. (via Forfar) | (Cal) | (Glasgow – Aberdeen trains re-routed via Dundee) | ROCR |
| 6 May 1968 | Cairnie Jct. - Elgin Centre (Jct.) via Buckie | (GNSR) | | ROCR |
| 7 Oct 1968 | Stirling North Jct. - Touch South Jct. {Dunfermline} via (Alloa & Oakley) | (NBR) | (Through route remained for freight until 1979) | ROCR |
| 6 Jan 1969 | Portobello East Jct. {Edinburgh} - Carlisle No.2 Jct. | (NBR) | Waverley Route, via Galashiels & Hawick | ROCR |
| 5 Jan 1970 | Cowdenbeath North Jct. - Hilton Jct. (via Kinross Jct) | (NBR) | (Edinburgh – Perth/Inverness trains re-routed via Stirling) | ROCR |
| 10 Jan 1983 | Elderslie No. 2 Jct. – Kilmacolm | (GSWR) | (Paisley Canal route stations also closed on same date) | ROCR |
