Straiton Sidings
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Straiton SidingsOpened on the Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway.
Opened on the Pentland and Straiton Oilworks Railway.
Description
The box controlled access to the Pentland and Straiton Oilworks Railway for Straiton Oil Works and Pentland Oil Works. The signal box, 'Straiton', was on the east side of the line at the junction. It opened in 1877. The branch was accessed from the north.
There were looped sidings, 'Straiton Sidings' an exchange yard, at the start of the branch.
To the south was Edgefield Siding for Eldin Chemical Works and Edgefield Candle Works, on the east side and approached from the south.
Further south again was Edgefield Weighs Cabin, the Ramsay Colliery Ground Frame.
Straiton Box closed in 1900. Straiton Oil Works and Pentland Oil Works had closed in 1897.
The mineral line remained open and the box was replaced with the Clippens Ground Frame.
Tags
Signal box sidings junctionAliases
Clippens Ground Frame06/06/2019
| Nearby stations Loanhead Polton Gilmerton Lasswade Broomieknowe Roslin Bonnyrigg Rosewell and Hawthornden Sheriffhall [1st] Sheriffhall [2nd] Eskbank and Dalkeith Glenesk Eskbank South Esk Dalhousie | Eldin Chemical Works Edgefield Weighs Cabin Shale Pit Burdiehouse Lime Works Mortonhall Pit Straiton Limeworks Shale Pit Clippens Limestone Works Ramsey Colliery Pentland Oil Works Burghlee Ground Frame Burghlee Colliery Bilston Glen Viaduct Kevock Siding Tourist/other Mavisbank House |
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