Westcraigs Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Westcraigs Junction (1860-1963)Opened on the New Monkland Line (Monkland Railways).
Opened on the Shotts Branch (Monkland Railways).
Description
This was the junction between the New Monkland Line (Monkland Railways) and the Hillhouserigg Railway. The branch was approached from the east. It was directly west of Westcraigs station and its goods yard. The main line was originally single track and the branch was single. The nearby station had a loop and the original junction box was on the eastbound platform.
In 1904 the signal box was replaced, on doubling of the main line. The box was on the south side of the line, which was three lines wide - the double track and, on the south side, the headshunt of the goods yard. The branch set off south west with the three lines and quickly dropped to a single.
The branch closed in 1963. The box survived until the line was singled in 1979. It closed in 1982.
Tags
Junction
| Nearby stations Westcraigs Blackridge Forrestfield Armadale [1st] Armadale Avonbridge Glenellrig Blackston Junction Slamannan Whitburn Westfield Fauldhouse Shotts Fauldhouse and Crofthead Caldercruix | Westrigg Colliery Pits Nos 2 and 3 Blackrigg No 2 Colliery Southrigg Colliery Pits Nos 7 and 8 Woodend Junction Barblues Colliery No 10 Blairmuckhill Colliery Blackrigg No 1 Colliery Coal Pit Craigmill Siding Harthill Siding Barbauchlaw Quarry Benhar Colliery Pit No 21 Coal and Ironstone Pit Coal and Ironstonw Pit Woodend Colliery Pit No 4 |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 17/06/1963 | Shotts Branch (Monkland Railways) Shotts Goods to Westcraigs Junction (excluded) closed. |
Books
 Vanished Railways of West Lothian |
