Aberlady Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Aberlady Junction (1897-1964)Opened on the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway.
Description
This junction between the 1846 North British Railway and the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway opened in 1898. The signal box opened a year earlier. It was on the north side of the junction. The branch was single track, main line double.
The branch to Gullane closed to passengers in 1932 and completely in 1964. The junction box was removed not long afterwards in late 1965.
The formation can still be more or less seen in winter. The branch ran alongside, the north side, of the main line. A footbridge to the east, which crossed both lines, was removed for electrification. The bridge over the main line predated the opening of the branch.
Tags
Junction
| Nearby stations Ballencrieff Aberlady Longniddry Luffness Platform Drem Seton Mains Halt Haddington Gullane Seton Macmerry Dirleton Winton Prestonpans East Fortune Pencaitland | Coatyburn Siding Laverocklaw Siding Harelaw Lime Kilns Longniddry Shed Glencairn Colliery Longniddry Manure Siding Dander Pit Drem Junction Tourist/other Redhouse Castle Gosford House Hopetoun Monument Longniddry House Chesters Hill Fort Saltcoats Castle RAF Drem |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 12/09/1932 | Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway Gullane to Longniddry (Aberlady Junction) closed to passengers. Aberlady and Gullane closed. |
| 15/06/1964 | Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway Gullane to Longniddry (Aberlady Junction) closed to freight. Line closed. |
Books
 Drem to Edinburgh: Including Gullane, Haddington, Tranent, Musselburgh and Fisherrow Branches (Scottish Main Lines) |
