Coltness Branch Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Coltness Branch Junction (1890-1965)

Opened on the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway.

Description

This was the junction between the North British Railway's branch to the Coltness Iron Works and the course of the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway.

The junction was east of Morningside [NBR]. The branch was single track and joined the extreme east end of the station's loop.

Tags

Junction


Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Lanarkshire's Lost Railways

Origins of the Scottish Railway System 1722-1844
The Monkland & Kirkintilloch and associated railways
Vanished Railways of West Lothian