Coatbridge Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Coatbridge Junction (1865-)Station code: National Rail
Opened on the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Opened on the Whifflet Extension (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway).
Description
This is the junction between the Whifflet Extension (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway) of 1845 and the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway) of 1865. The junction gave access from the north to the Rutherglen route. Whifflet North Junction provides access from the south, completing a triangular junction with Langloan Junction to the west.
The signal box was on the west side. There were loops on either side of the curve to Langloan Junction and a yard, dead end sidings approached from the north, on the west side. Sidings served the Coatbridge Boiler Works. Dundyvan Signal Box was at the south west end of the loops.
The signal box was replaced by the Motherwell Signalling Centre in 1973.
Tags
Junction
| Nearby stations Coatbridge Central Coatbridge Central [NB] Whifflet Upper Whifflet Lower Whifflet [NB] Coatbridge Sunnyside Howes Whifflet Langloan Whifflet [CR] Blairhill Kipps Kirkwood Calder Iron Works [Station] Calder | Langloan East Junction Stobcross Rivet Bolt and Nut Works North British Iron Works Coatbridge Works Railway Foundry Coatbridge Canal Goods Coatbridge Boiler Works Atlas Foundry [Coatbridge] Dundyvan Iron Works Scotia Iron Works Coatbridge Iron Works [1st] Britannia Works [Coatbridge] Caledonian Tube Works Tourist/other Coatbridge Level Crossing Dundyvan Signal Box |
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