Bedlay Colliery Siding
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Bedlay Colliery Siding (1905-1981)Opened on the Bedlay Colliery (William Baird & Co).
Description
This was the exchange yard for Bedlay Colliery, the colliery steam locomotives picking up empty wagons and dropping off those loaded here for pick up by the railway company.
The sidings, a series of looped lines on an east-west alignment, were approached from Bedlay Junction to the west.
After 1969 a new approach from the south was laid in. The exchange sidings remained in use, despite being no longer on direct approach.
The yard closed with the colliery and line in December 1981.
Tags
Siding Exchange siding| Nearby stations Bedlay Halt Garnqueen Glenboig Gartcosh Bridgend [M and K] Gartsherrie Gartsherrie [GGR] Garnkirk Gartsherrie [M and K] Blairhill Howes Coatbridge Sunnyside Kipps Coatbridge Central Coatbridge Central [NB] | Leckethill Junction Bedlay Junction Drumcavel Rock Sand Works Avenuehead Quarry Drumcavel Quarry Avenuehead Iron Pit Bedlay Colliery Pit Chryston Tunnel Bridge Glenboig Firebrick Works Star Fireclay Works Garnqueen North Junction Hayhill Brickworks Tourist/other Avenuehead Signal Box Hayhill Brickworks Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
