Blackbraes Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway)
Introduction
This mineral line ran west from near Causewayend to mines in the Blackbraes and Shieldhill area. The route augmented the private line which reached Falkirk by a series of zig-zags.
Dates
| / /1850 | Blackbraes Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) Opened from Almond Junction (Slamannan Junction Railway) to Blackbraes Siding |
| / /1850 | Blackbraes Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) Branch opened. |
| / /1874 | Blackbraes Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) Extended west from Blackbraes Siding to Shieldhill Colliery. |
| / /1922 | Blackbraes Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) Cut back to Blackbraes Siding around this date. |
| / /1922 | Blackbraes Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) West of Blackbraes Siding closed. |
| / /1945 | Blackbraes Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) Cut back to Maddiston Craigend Colliery. |
| / /1945 | Blackbraes Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) West of Maddiston Craigend Colliery closed. |
| / /1951 | Blackbraes Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) Closed completely. |
| / /1951 | Blackbraes Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) Last of branch closed. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Blackbraes Branch
This was the junction between the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway's 1847 line between Causewayend Junction and Bo'ness High Junction and the 1850 mineral line west to Maddiston Craigend Colliery and Shieldhill Colliery.
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See also
Slamannan Junction Railway
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