Armadale Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Armadale Junction (1888-1967)Opened on the Boghead to Cowdenhead Branch (Monkland Railways).
Description
This was the junction for the Armadale Branch (Monkland Railways). It was east of Armadale station.
The signal box, of 1888, was on the north side of the line at the junction. Access to the branch was from the east.
When opened the main line was single track. This doubled in 1904 requiring a new box, also on the north side. The box also controlled access to Trees Colliery Pit No 1 to the south.
The box closed in 1967 after a fire, coinciding with the closure of the remainder of the branch.
The main line closed in 1982 and re-opened as a modern electrified railway in 2010.
Tags
Junction
| Nearby stations Armadale Armadale [1st] Bathgate Lower Whitburn Bathgate Upper Bathgate [1st] Bathgate [4th] Bathgate Blackridge Foulshiels Westfield Westcraigs Bents Longridge [2nd] Longridge [1st] | Fireclay Quarry Bathville Steel Works Atlas Brick Works Etna Brick Works [Bathville] Boghead Works Bathville Brick and Tile Works Iron and Coal Pit Atlas Steel Foundry Torbane Pit No 2 West Lothian Steel Foundry Iron and Gas Coal Pit Torbane Pit No 6 Boghead Junction Coal Pit Torbanehill Pit No 7 |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
