Rigg Signal Box

Location type


Name and dates

Rigg Signal Box (1880-1903)

Opened on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway.

Description

The original intermediary signal box was west of Rigg station (opened in 1901). The box was on the south side of the line alongside a trailing crossover.

The box was replaced in 1903 and closed in 1929.

The station closed in 1942.

Tags

Signal box

Books


An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Carlisle To Beattock: including the Dumfries Branch (Scottish Main Lines)

The Glasgow & South Western Railway a History