RAILSCOT | Auchinraith Junction [NBR]

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Auchinraith Junction [NBR]

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

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 junction was signalled. The box may have been called 'Auchenraith Branch Junction' (note different spelling). This box closed in 1925, the junction becoming an unsignalled siding. It likely closed in 1931 when Auchinraith Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 closed. The box was on the south side of the junction.

A loop was provided west of the junction to allow run-round of trains from the colliery to run east to 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.

Nearby stations Burnbank Blantyre Foundry Blantyre High Blantyre Peacock Cross Hamilton West Bothwell [North British] Bothwell [CR] Hamilton [NBR] Hamilton Central Calderwood Glen Platform Meikle Earnock Halt Bothwell Park Halt Fallside Uddingston East	C W Ireland Works Birdsfield Siding Birdsfield Tile Works Birdsfield Wagon Works Auchinraith Junction Auchinraith Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Blantyre Junction [NBR] Greenfield Shed Craighead BP Chemicals Siding Craighead Junction Craighead Yard [Empty] Strathaven Junction Craighead Yard [Loaded] Greenfield Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Craighead Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.