RAILSCOT | Auchinraith Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2

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Auchinraith Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 (1872-1931)

Served by the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway.
Served by the Hamilton and Strathaven Railway.

This junction on the North British Railway's Blantyre branch gave access to Auchinraith Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2. To the east was Birdsfield Siding and the connection to the main NBR Hamilton branch at Blantyre Junction [NBR].

The colliery was already served by the Hamilton and Strathaven Railway, the line from Auchinraith Junction curving east, north and then west to join the existing Caledonian Railway line.

Another Auchinraith Junction existed on the Hamilton and Strathaven Railway on a triangle of lines where the curves from Strathaven Junction and Blantyre Junction [CR] met.

Junction
01/08/2020

Nearby stations Blantyre Foundry Burnbank Blantyre High Blantyre Bothwell [North British] Bothwell [CR] Peacock Cross Hamilton West Calderwood Glen Platform Hamilton [NBR] Hamilton Central Meikle Earnock Halt Fallside Uddingston East Bothwell Park Halt	Birdsfield Siding Birdsfield Wagon Works Birdsfield Tile Works Auchinraith Junction [NBR] Auchinraith Junction Blantyre No 4 Pit Box C W Ireland Works Priestfield Colliery No 1 Blantyre Colliery Pit No 3 Craighead BP Chemicals Siding Craighead Junction Blantyre Junction [NBR] Craighead Yard [Loaded] Greenfield Shed Blantyre Pits Signal Box
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.