Castlecary Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Castlecary Viaduct (1842-)Opened on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
Description
This viaduct enjoys an impressive setting and will be better known to road users than rail users as it crosses the M80. The viaduct is double track, 582 ft long overall, 95 ft high and has eight arches.
The viaduct has been braced with rails.
The former Castlecary station was just to the west. To the east the line passes over the former Scottish Central Railway with which a connection is made at Greenhill, to the east.
The viaduct is also known as the Red Burn Viaduct as it crosses the Red Burn.
The engineer was John Miller.
Just north of the viaduct and over the Red Burn is the Castlecary Bridge, an old single arch former road bridge over the burn.
Tags
Viaduct Red BurnAliases
Red Burn Viaduct07/10/2019
Facilities
Listing: B
| Nearby stations Castlecary Banknock Dennyloanhead Upper Greenhill Greenhill Bonnybridge Canal Goods Bonnybridge Central Dullator Bonnybridge Cumbernauld Denny Colzium Greenfaulds Croy Kilsyth (New) | Fireclay and Limeworks Castlecary Curve Lock 19 [FCC] Netherwood Siding Lock 18 [FCC] Castlecary Fireclay Works Abronhill Tunnel Lock 20 [Wyndford Lock] [FCC] Coneypark Colliery Pit No 4 Cannerton Brickworks Banknock Colliery Livingstone Pit Banknock Colliery Cannerton Pit Tourist/other Castlecary Roman Fort Bankier Quay Bankier Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
News items
| 03/08/2021 | Passengers have lucky escape as train hits 'object' on line [Daily Record] |
