Wanton Walls Junction [2nd]
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Wanton Walls Junction [2nd] (1961-1984)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Lothian Lines (North British Railway).Opened on the Millerhill Marshalling Yard (British Railways).
Description
This was a junction which was formed in 1961 with the opening of the Millerhill Marshalling Yard (British Railways) which met the existing Niddrie West Junction to Monktonhall Junction route here. It appears that at first the junction was unnamed, considered part of Monktonhall Junction, but after closure of Wanton Walls Junction [1st] in 1967 the name was transferred to this junction.
The approach from Niddrie West Junction was singled in 1973 and remaining line converted for bi-directional working.
The junction closed in 1984 when the route to Niddrie West Junction was taken out.
Tags
Junction08/02/2021
| Nearby stations Musselburgh Musselburgh [2nd] Inveresk Cairney Newhailes Fisherrow Newcraighall Niddrie [3rd] Millerhill Niddrie [1st] Niddrie Junction [2nd] Shawfair Wallyford [1st] Smeaton Brunstane | Monktonhall Junction Coal Pit Inveresk Mills (Paper) Newhailes East Junction Esk Net Mills Coal Pit Millerhill Yard Up Secondary Sorting Sidings Millerhill Yard Up Hump Fisherrow Junction Wanton Walls Junction [1st] Millerhill Yard Up Sorting Sidings Millerhill Engineers Depot Millerhill MPD Millerhill EGIP Depot Tourist/other Inveresk Lodge Garden |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
