Craighead Signal Box
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Craighead Signal BoxOpened on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway.
Description
This signal box was immediately south of Craighead Viaduct and just north of the Craighead Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 sidings, which were on the west side of the line and approached from the north.
To the south the line passed under the Caledonian Railway's Hamilton branch and the Strathaven Junction Yard to reach Blantyre Junction [NBR].
Tags
Signal box03/05/2019
| Nearby stations Blantyre Foundry Blantyre Bothwell [North British] Bothwell [CR] Burnbank Hamilton West Peacock Cross High Blantyre Bothwell Park Halt Fallside Hamilton [NBR] Uddingston East Uddingston [1st] Uddingston Hamilton Central | Craighead Viaduct Craighead Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Whistleberry Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Craighead Yard [Loaded] Craighead Junction Craighead BP Chemicals Siding Blantyre Junction [CR] Auchinraith Junction Blantyre Junction [NBR] Greenfield Shed Craighead Yard [Empty] Bothwell Castle Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Strathaven Junction C W Ireland Works Tourist/other David Livingstone Centre |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 05/09/1943 | Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway Craighead Signal Box closed. |
Books
 A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series) |  Forgotten Railways: Scotland |
