Alton Heights Junction Sidings
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Alton Heights Junction Sidings (1883-1954)Opened on the Muirkirk and Lesmahagow Junction Railway.
Description
In 1883, with the opening of Alton Heights Junction, a siding was placed on either side of the new route south to Poniel Junction.
These sidings were greatly expanded with the addition of a series of dead end sidings on the west side of the line in 1905. These were approached from the junction and on the west side of the Poniel Junction route.
The sidings were lifted with closure of the junction and line to Poniel in 1954, although the box survived as it controlled a passing loop.
The timber buffers can be found at the site of the sidings.
Tags
Sidings| Nearby stations Alton Heights Auchlochan Halt Brocketsbrae Bellfield Platform Coalburn Happendon Lesmahagow [2nd] Bankend Ponfeigh Sandilands [Lanarkshire] Douglas West Auchenheath Blackwood [2nd] Blackwood [1st] Lanark | Alton Heights Junction Auldtonheights Sawmill Auldtonheights Pit Auldton Lime Works Auldton Pit Lintfield Bank Siding Mines Auchlochan Nos 9 and 10 Collieries Brocketsbrae Shed Bellfield Colliery Pit No 3 Auchlochan No 2 Colliery Bellfield Colliery Pit No 4 Auchlochan Nos 6 and 7 Collieries Tourist/other Auchren Level Crossing Auchlochan House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
