Newton Grange Level Crossing
The site of the level crossing at the top of main Street, Newtongrange, once used by the line into the Lothian Brick & Tile Works. The works seems to have closed prior to 1900, around the time a new brickworks appeared further south alongside Lingerwood Pit. A Gasworks later occupied the site until closure in the mid 1950s. Today a large garage / vehicle hire operation stands nearest the road with playing fields beyond. A second level crossing stood just to the left, taking the branch on to the old exchange sidings. One legacy of these twin level crossings is the strange double roundabout that continues to confuse drivers using the road junction today (not just me!).
Location: Newton Grange Level Crossing (former)
Original line: Newbattle Collieries Railway
Photographer: John Furnevel
Contact photographer: John Furnevel
Date: 05/09/2019
Image number: 71420
