Bothwell Park Signal Box
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Bothwell Park Signal Box (-1945)Opened on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway.
Description
This box controlled access to Bothwell Park Colliery Pits No 1 and 2 (also served by the Caledonian Railway) and the Hamilton Palace Colliery Railway (Caledonian Railway and North British Railway Joint) line.
A set of sidings to the west of the box allowed reversal of trains from Bothwell Park Colliery to run east and north of Coatbridge.
About a mile east a tank on the lineside (north side) may have been for railway use.
The box and sidings were east of Bothwell Junction and west of Bellshill [NB].
The nearby Caledonian box was Bothwell Park Colliery Signal Box.
Tags
Signal box junction03/08/2020
Chronology Dates
| 30/08/1945 | Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway Rosehall South Signal Box and Bothwell Park Signal Box closed. |
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 |
