Wilsontown West Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Wilsontown West Junction (1866-1945)Opened on the Wilsontown Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This was the western junction of a triangular junction. The other junctions were Wilsontown North Junction and Wilsontown South Junction.
The junction opened in 1866 to connect the 1860 Wilsontown Branch (Caledonian Railway) to the 1848 Caledonian Railway's Carstairs to Edinburgh line.
This new curve was approached, on the branch, from the west.
It was a double track junction. The signal box was on the south side of the junction.
A passenger service to Wilsontown from Auchengray began in 1867.
The Wilsontown north to west curve closed in 1945 and the north and west boxes closed.
In 1946 the Wilsontown branch was singled. Wilsontown South Junction was renamed Wilsontown Junction.
The Wilsontown branch and the west to south curve closed in 1964.
The main line remains open. The formation of junction is mostly landscaped, although fence lines remain to show its approximate location.
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JunctionExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
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| Nearby stations Auchengray Haywood Cobbinshaw [2nd] Wilsontown Cobbinshaw [1st] Breich Longridge [1st] Addiewell Longridge [2nd] Carnwath Bents Fauldhouse and Crofthead Fauldhouse Harburn Headlesscross | Wilsontown Junction [2nd] Wilsontown North Junction Haywood Colliery Pit No 14 Pool Junction Pool Colliery Haywood Colliery Pit No 10 Pool Colliery Pit No 3 Lawhead Junction Haywood Colliery Pit No 8 Coal Pit Lawhead Siding Haywood Colliery Pit No 4 Woolfords Mine Cleuch Colliery Tourist/other Lower Haywood Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1866 | Wilsontown Branch (Caledonian Railway) Wilsontown South Junction to Wilsontown West Junction curve opened. Wilsontown Junction [1st] renamed Wilsontown North Junction. |
| / /1945 | Wilsontown Branch (Caledonian Railway) Wilsontown North Junction to Wilsontown West Junction closed. |
