Cobbinshaw [2nd]
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StationName and dates
Cobbinshaw [2nd] (1875-1966)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Caledonian Railway.Description
Cobbinshaw [1st] station closed in 1875 and was replaced with this station. The second station was further south. This was a two platform station with the main building on the southbound platform. The platforms were in timber with timber station buildings.
There was no goods yard, but there were sidings further north at the original station. The was a signal box, closed in 1899.
The line remains open and railway cottages remain on the east side of the line.
A temporary signal box was opened here following the Penmanshiel Tunnel collapse in 1979. This was to the south of the road bridge on the west side, open between 1979 and 1981.
South of the station was north of Tarbrax Junction which served the Tarbrax Oil Works and the North Cobbinshaw Lime Works.
Cobbinshaw itself is a small group of houses by the reservoir to the east of the former station.
The summit of the Carstairs to Edinburgh Princes Street section is at Cobbinshaw, at a height of 880ft.
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CobbinshawExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
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| Nearby stations Cobbinshaw [1st] Addiewell Harburn Auchengray Haywood West Calder Breich Bents Longridge [1st] Longridge [2nd] Wilsontown Foulshiels Newpark Fauldhouse and Crofthead Whitburn | North Cobbinshaw Lime Works Tarbrax Junction Woolfords Mine South Cobbinshaw Colliery Viewfield Mine Mine Tarbrax Oil Works Harburn Limeworks Baads Mine Coal Pit Wilsontown North Junction Wilsontown West Junction Pit Tourist/other Cobbinshaw Reservoir Harburn Limeworks Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
