Baird's Siding
Location type
PlaceName and dates
Baird's Siding (1875-1971)Opened on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
Description
This set of sidings were for Gartshore Coal Pits Nos 9 and 11. These were approached from the west and located on the south side of the line. The signal box was on the north side of the line just west of the point of connection of the sidings.
The site was expanded with further sidings to the west, also on the south side of the line, and a second connection into the sidings added, also approached from the west.
The colliery opened in 1875 and closed in 1968. The box lasted a little longer until 1971.
Tags
Sidings box coal mine mine| Nearby stations Twechar Bridgend [M and K] Croy Bedlay Halt Woodley Kirkintilloch [1st] Back O Loch Halt Kilsyth (Old) Kirkintilloch [2nd] Kilsyth (New) Kirkintilloch Basin Lenzie Dullator Greenfaulds Garnqueen | Gartshore Coal Pits Nos 9 and 11 Gartshore Coal Pit No 2 Quarry Gartshore No 1 Colliery Gartshore Exchange Sidings Wester Gartshore Colliery Gartshore No 3 Colliery Quarry St Flannans Colliery Waterside Junction Saddler^s Brae Mine Quarry Gartshore Loops Tourist/other Gartshore House Twechar Signal Box [Bairds] |
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