Camps Junction [CR]
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Camps Junction [CR] (1866-1960)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Caledonian Railway.Opened on the Camps Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This was the junction for the 1866 Camps Branch (Caledonian Railway) which served Raw Camps Mine, Camps Goods and Raw Camps Quarry.
The branch was single track and on the north side of the main line. It was approached from the east. There was a level crossing just to the east. The signal box was on the north side of the junction.
The branch closed in 1960 and the box survived. It became a gate box only in 1981 and closed in 1986 when the crossing was stopped up.
Tags
Junction
| Nearby stations Kirknewton Ravelrig Platform Balerno Drumshoreland Ratho Ratho (Low Level) Curriehill Livingston South Currie [2nd] Ingliston Park and Ride [Tram] Uphall Gogar Broxburn [1st] Edinburgh Airport [Tram] Kirkliston | Kaimes Quarry Camps Quarry Kaimes Siding Camps Brick Works Camps Supply Depot East Camps Quarry Raw Camps Quarry Camps Goods Raw Camps Mine Camps Lime Works Ravelrig Quarry Ravelrig Junction East Calder Goods Dalmahoy Siding Midcalder Junction |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
