Ballencrieff

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Ballencrieff (1846-1847)

Opened on the North British Railway.

Description

This was an extremely short lived station, most likely located to the north of Ballencrieff House and farm.

Ballencrieff was located 2 miles, 60 chains from Longniddry and 1 mile, 60 chains from Drem, which places it at Ballencrieff siding.

Ballencrieff siding, served from the west and on the south side of the line, existed here until 1959. There was a loading bank and signal box to the west, south side of the line (not shown in OS map of 1894 but shown on that of 1906).

Tags

Station

News items

26/01/2019Road bridge smashes to blame for train delays [Scotsman]

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Drem to Edinburgh: Including Gullane, Haddington, Tranent, Musselburgh and Fisherrow Branches (Scottish Main Lines)

Edinburgh St. Margaret's: The Story of the 'Other' Edinburgh Depot of the North British Railway 1845-1967

Exploring Disused Railways in East Scotland

Last Trains: Edinburgh and South East Scotland v. 1
LNER Wagons: Volume 3: Scottish Area: Ex North British and Ex-Great North of Scotland Railway Wagons
North British Railway in Northumberland, The

North British Railway, Vol. 1 (Standard Railway History)

North British Railway, Vol. 2 (Standard Railway History)

Signalling and Signal Boxes along the North British Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway and the CLC Routes

South East Scotland (British Railways Past & Present)

The Castle and the Bear: A Brief History of the North British Railway

The North British Railway a History
The North British Railway, Volume 1, One,
The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos)

Vanished Railways of West Lothian