Birdsfield Siding
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Birdsfield SidingOpened on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway.
Description
This siding was a short distance west of Blantyre Junction [NBR] and not far east of Auchinraith Junction on the North British Railway's Blantyre branch.
The siding served the Greenfield foundry and Engineering Works. After closure of the Hamilton branch north over the Craighead Viaduct in 1952 a link, put in at Peacock Cross allowed access via a reversal at the former Blantyre Junction [NBR]. After 1963 a new link from Strathaven Junction gave access to the Blantyre branch allowing closure to Peacock Cross. Birdsfield Siding to Strathaven Junction closed in 1980.
Tags
Siding07/08/2020
| Nearby stations Burnbank Blantyre Foundry Blantyre High Blantyre Peacock Cross Hamilton West Bothwell [North British] Bothwell [CR] Hamilton [NBR] Calderwood Glen Platform Hamilton Central Meikle Earnock Halt Bothwell Park Halt Fallside Uddingston East | Birdsfield Tile Works Birdsfield Wagon Works Auchinraith Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Auchinraith Junction [NBR] C W Ireland Works Auchinraith Junction Blantyre Colliery Pit No 3 Priestfield Colliery No 1 Blantyre No 4 Pit Box Blantyre Junction [NBR] Greenfield Shed Craighead BP Chemicals Siding Craighead Junction Craighead Yard [Loaded] Craighead Yard [Empty] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series) |  Forgotten Railways: Scotland |
