Airdrie Hallcraig Street
Location type
StationName and dates
Airdrie Hallcraig Street (1844-1870)Opened on the Hallcraig Street Branch (Ballochney Railway).
Description
This was a terminus to the north of Airdrie on a short branch from the Ballochney Railway. It was the first proper station to serve Airdrie and had a fine building.
Following closure it became a goods station only, Airdrie North Goods which closed in 1964.
The branch serving the station started from Commondyke station. It also served a number of collieries, and iron works and gas works. There was a short tunnel under Chapel Street. The station was approached from the north.
Nothing remains of the station today.
Tags
Station terminusAliases
Airdrie North Airdrie North GoodsExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Airdrie [CR] Airdrie Commonhead (Airdrie North) Rawyards Airdrie [Leaend] Drumgelloch [1st] Coatdyke Drumgelloch Calder Cairnhill Bridge Clarkston (Lanark) Kipps Calderbank Clarkston [Wester Moffat] Whiterigg | Standard Works Airdrie Gas Works Airdrie Shed [CR] Gartlea Foundry Victoria Engine Works Ironstone Pit Chapelside Boiler Works Ironstone Pit Airdrie Engine Works North West Factory Cairnhill Works [Concrete] Ballochney Incline Albert Engineering and Boiler Works Airdrie Junction Mavisbank Pit |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 26/12/1844 | Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Service between new Kirkintilloch station and Airdrie Hallcraig Street commences. |
| 26/12/1844 | Ballochney Railway Airdrie Hallcraig Street station opened (later known as Airdrie North Goods). This replaced Leaend station which closed. |
| 01/05/1930 | Monkland and Kirkintilloch RailwayBallochney Railway
Slamannan Railway
Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway Coatbridge (Greenside Junction) (excluded) to Manuel Low Level (excluded) closed to passengers. Commonhead, Rawyards, Airdrie Hallcraig Street, Whiterigg stations on the Ballochney Railway closed. Longriggend, Slamannan, Avonbridge, Blackston Junction, Bowhouse, Causewayend [MR] [2nd] closed. |
| 06/07/1964 | Ballochney Railway Closed from Airdrie Hallcraig Street (then named Airdrie North Goods) to Commonhead to Kipps Junction Incline Foot to Kipps Junction (excluded). |
