Glenellrig
Location type
StationName and dates
Glenellrig (1848-1850)Opened on the Slamannan Railway.
Description
This was a short lived halt between Slamannan station, to the west, and Avonbridge, to the east. The station not open with the line in 1840, it probably dated from around 1848. It closed in 1850 (some sources suggest 1849).
To the east a small railway bridge over the River Avon still stands.
Glenellrig House was half a mile to the north. A ruin by 1860.
Tags
Short livedExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Avonbridge Slamannan Blackston Junction Westfield Falkirk High Bowhouse Polmont Blackridge Camelon [1st] Westcraigs Falkirk Grahamston Forrestfield Longriggend Falkirk Camelon [1st] Camelon | Boxton Siding Opencast Mine Glenellrig House Redding Colliery Pit No 20 Redding Colliery Pit No 22 Bankrigg Open Cast Strathavon Branch Junction Righead Coal Pit Redding Colliery Pit No 17 Redding Colliery Pit No 21 Coal Pit Coke Kiln Coal Pit Coal Pit Tourist/other Loch Ellrig |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1848 | Slamannan Railway Glenellrig opened. |
| / /1850 | Slamannan Railway Glenellrig closed. |
Books
 Vanished Railways of West Lothian |
