Burnbank Signal Box
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Burnbank Signal Box (1888-1941)Opened on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway.
Description
This signal box was south of Burnbank station. It controlled access to the North British Railway's branch to Earnock Colliery Pits Nos 1, 2 and 3 (also served by a Caledonian Railway line from their Hamilton branch) and Wellhall Colliery. Both colliery lines joined facing Bothwell [North British]. Further east was Peacock Cross station.
Tags
Signal box01/08/2020
| Nearby stations Burnbank Peacock Cross Hamilton West Hamilton [NBR] Blantyre Foundry Hamilton Central Blantyre High Blantyre Bothwell [North British] Bothwell [CR] Meikle Earnock Halt Quarter Junction Ferniegair [1st] Ferniegair [2nd] Bothwell Park Halt | Wellhall Colliery Earnock Sidings Hamilton Engine Sheds Junction Greenfield Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Strathaven Junction Yard Whitehill Wagon Works Earnock Colliery Pits Nos 1, 2 and 3 Earnock Colliery Pits Nos 1, 2 and 3 Whitehill Pit Colliery Strathaven Junction Hamilton Shed Craighead Yard [Empty] Townsland Colliery C W Ireland Works |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series) |  Forgotten Railways: Scotland |
