Greengairs Siding
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Greengairs Siding (1878-1964)Opened on the North Monkland Railway.
Description
This was a public siding.
The single track here was looped, with a siding approached from the west on the westbound line.
An additional two loops were to the south, used for the Greengairs North Colliery which was to the immediate south of the line. There were removed before 1910 with closure of the colliery.
To the west was a short branch to Cameron Colliery No 1.
To the east was a branch to Langdales Pit No 1 which was also served by the Dykehead Branch of the Ballochney Railway.
Tags
SidingsExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
05/01/2018
| Nearby stations Arbuckle Longriggend Whiterigg Cumbernauld Greenfaulds Plains Caldercruix Clarkston [Wester Moffat] Rawyards Clarkston (Lanark) Drumgelloch Commonhead (Airdrie North) Drumgelloch [1st] Airdrie Hallcraig Street Airdrie [Leaend] | Greengairs North Colliery Langdale Colliery Pit No 2 Wester Glentore Colliery Pit No 3 West Glentore Colliery Boglea Colliery Langdales Exchange Sidings Langdales Pit No 1 Cameron Colliery Pit No 1 Pit Brownrigg Colliery Darngavil Coal Pit No 4 Mine Upperton Siding Drumgray Sidings Boglea Colliery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1923 | North Monkland Railway North Monkland Junction (excluded) to Greengairs Siding (excluded) closed. |
| 01/09/1949 | North Monkland Railway
Dykehead Branch Extension (Monkland Railways)
Dykehead Branch (Ballochney Railway)
Ballochney Railway Dykehead branch closed. Closed from Greengairs Siding to Dykehead Junction. |
| / /1954 | North Monkland Railway Rigghead Siding (excluded) to Greengairs Siding closed. |
Books
 A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series) | The Monkland & Kirkintilloch and associated railways |
