Ashfield Siding

Location type

Sidings

Name and dates

Ashfield Siding

Opened on the Scottish Central Railway.

Description

This siding was at Ashfield, north of the former Ashfield Tunnel. It was on the west side of the line and approached from the north. The siding served a loading bank with a crane. Ashfield Mill was to the west.

There was a temporary Ashfield North signal box between 1890 and 1891. This was during the opening out of Ashfield Tunnel (also quoted as roughly 1888).

Tags

Siding

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series)

An Illustrated History of Tayside's Railways

Bradshaw's Guides Scotlands Railways West Coast - Carlisle to Inverness: 5

Scottish Central Railway (Oakwood Library of Railway History)