Whifflet Upper
Location type
StationNames and dates
Whifflet [High Level] (1886-1953)Whifflet Upper (1953-1964)
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Airdrie Branch (Caledonian Railway).Description
This was an island platform station elevated above street level and crossing over Whifflet Lower (to the west) and Whifflet [NB] (to the east), and Coatbank Street. Much of the station still exists, increasingly overgrown. From the east end the embankment and bridges have been removed.
At some point the platform building was moved east. There were footways down to each platform on lower level and Coatbridge Street - the island platform forming the footbridge.
Rosehall Junction was to the west.
At the east end of the station Whfflet High Level signal box was on the south side of the line east of Coatbank Street. The Victoria Iron and Steel works was to the east (north of line) and opposite the Calder Hot Roll Tube Works was to south, both works being accessed from west.
The line east to Airdrie [CR] was singled in 1948.
The station closed in 1964. The line this to continue to serve the works directly to the east and Imperial Steel Works near Airdrie.
The signal box closed in 1965. The line continued to serve the works until only Imperial remained. The railway closed in 1990.
The east end of the station has been demolished, the portion crossing over Coatbank Street. Going east to Calder the line is overgrown.
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StationExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
02/08/2020
| Nearby stations Whifflet Lower Whifflet [NB] Whifflet Whifflet [CR] Calder Iron Works [Station] Coatbridge Central [NB] Coatbridge Central Carnbroe Calder Coatbridge Sunnyside Langloan Coatdyke Howes Kipps Kirkwood | Lochrin Iron Works [2nd] Whifflet East Goods Whifflet North Junction Coatbank Engine Works Whifflet Goods Whifflat Junction [Rosehall Junction] Whifflet Yard Rosehall Crossing Coatbridge Tinplate Works Whifflet East Junction Whifflet Foundry Dundyvan Junction Dundyvan Basin Lochrin Construction Works Tourist/other Rosehall Siding Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
