Westfield Loop
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Westfield Loop (1898-1967)Opened on the Torbanehill and Bathgate Branch (Monkland Railways).
Description
This was the junction for Eastrigg Colliery Pit No 1. The siding ran south west from the main line. It closed by the 1890s. In 1898 a loop opened here for Westfield Paper Mill on east side of line. The branch was on east side running north for the mill. The Eastrigg siding was laid in again for Craigrigg Colliery Pit No 1,
Craigrigg Colliery Pit No 2, Craigrigg Colliery Pit No 3 and Craigrigg Brick Works.
The line closed to passengers in 1930 and the box closed around 1931. The loop was retained.
The line north west from the loop closed in 1964 and the railway south closed in 1967.
Tags
Loop junctionExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
11/06/2019
| Nearby stations Westfield Blackston Junction Bowhouse Avonbridge Bathgate Lower Bathgate [1st] Bathgate [4th] Bathgate Upper Armadale Causewayend [MR] [1st] Causewayend [SR] Armadale [1st] Causewayend [MR] [2nd] Bathgate Glenellrig | Westfield Paper Mill Eastrigg Colliery Pit No 2 Bridgecastle Siding Eastrigg Colliery Pit No 1 Avon Viaduct [Westfield] Craigrigg Colliery Pit No 1 Craigrigg Brick Works Craigrigg Colliery Pit No 2 Craigrigg Colliery Pit No 3 Couston Branch Junction Blackstone Colliery Pit No 3 Brickworks Blackstone Colliery Pit No 2 Blackstone Colliery Pit No 1 Colinshiel Colliery Pit No 1 |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
