Newton Colliery Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Newton Colliery Signal Box (-1960)Opened on the Clydesdale Junction Railway.
Description
This signal box was east of the site of the original Newton [1st] station. It was located on the south side of the line.
The box controlled access to Newton Colliery Pit No 1 (to the north east), Newton Colliery Pit No 2 (to the north west) and the east end of the loops which began to the west at Hamilton Junction. Hamilton Junction is only a short distance west.
The box closed in 1960, replaced by the new power box at Newton (itself replaced in 1973).
Tags
Signal box colliery04/08/2019
| Nearby stations Newton [1st] Newton Calderpark Halt Maryville Uddingston Broomhouse Mount Vernon Uddingston [1st] Uddingston West Baillieston Carmyle Uddingston East Kirkhill Mount Vernon North Baillieston [1st] | Hallside Signal Box Newton East Junction Newton Colliery Pit No 1 Newton Colliery Pit No 2 Newton Hamilton Junction Hallside Steel Works Hallside Colliery Newton Kirkhill Junction Clyde Nail Works Newton West Junction Haughhead Colliery [Uddingston] Blantyreferme Nos 1 and 2 Colliery Tourist/other Spittalhill Signal Box Haughhead Colliery Signal Box Daldowie House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
