Causewayend Siding
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Causewayend Siding (1903-1907)Opened on the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway.
Description
This siding was for the transshipment of materials - largely puddle clay - with the 3 ft gauge Culter Waterhead Railway. This narrow gauge line ran south and, like the Talla Railway, was used into the building of the dam which created Coulter Reservoir at Culter Waterhead. The siding was west of Biggar station, Coulter station was a little further to the west.
The dam was built by Robert McAlpine for the towns of Motherwell and Wishaw.
Tags
Siding transshipment reservoir07/10/2019
| Nearby stations Biggar Coulter Symington [1st] Symington [2nd] Thankerton Broughton [2nd] Broughton [1st] Newbigging [Lanarkshire] Lamington Bankhead [Lanarkshire] Carstairs Carnwath Dunsyre Crook Dolphinton [CR] | Wolfclyde Viaduct Quarry Grange Siding Biggar Water Bridge Rachan Junction Lamington Viaduct Rachan Loop Biggar Water Bridge [Talla Railway] Todholes Siding Tourist/other Biggar Gas Works Museum Coulter Motte Leggatfoot Signal Box Cowgill Lower Reservoir Pettinain Signal Box Coulter Reservoir |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/03/1960 | Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway Causewayend Siding closed. |
Books
 Peebles Railways |  The Railways of Peebles (Through Time) |
