Rigghead Siding
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Rigghead Siding (1878-1964)Opened on the North Monkland Railway.
Description
This public siding was on the North Monkland Railway. There was a passing loop and a siding from the eastbound loop, reached by reversal.
To the west was Rigg Colliery Pit No 6 and, beyond that, Drumbowie Siding. to the east was Drumshangie Junction and the branch to the Drumshangie Collieries.
The siding became the end of the line from Kipps Junction in 1954 when the line was cut back from Greengairs Siding. The Rigghead loop could be used for rounding trains visiting the Pinwinnie Coup tip which was to the west, although the coup had its own loop on the North Monkland line.
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SidingsExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Whiterigg Arbuckle Rawyards Commonhead (Airdrie North) Airdrie [Leaend] Airdrie Hallcraig Street Airdrie [CR] Clarkston (Lanark) Greenfaulds Drumgelloch Plains Drumgelloch [1st] Airdrie Clarkston [Wester Moffat] Glenboig | Rigg Colliery Pit No 5 Siding Coal Pit Rigg Colliery Pit No 5 Pinwinnie Coup Rigg Colliery Pit No 6 Drumshangie Colliery Pit No 9 Raebog Siding Rochsoles Colliery Pit Nos 1 and 6 Raebog Junction Drumshangie Colliery Pit No 6 Drumbowie Siding Drumshangie Colliery Pit No 3 Rochsoles Coal Pit Drumshangie Junction Drumshangie Colliery Pit No 1 |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1954 | North Monkland Railway Rigghead Siding (excluded) to Greengairs Siding closed. |
| / /1964 | North Monkland Railway Sun Tube Steelworks (excluded) to Rigghead 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 |
