Carnbroe

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Carnbroe (1843-1846)

Opened on the Wishaw and Coltness Railway.

Description

This was a short lived halt by the Carnbroe Iron Works.
Probably located to its west on the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, possibly at the north end of the culvert for the North Calder Water.

Tags

Station short lived
11/09/2020


Chronology Dates

08/05/1843Wishaw and Coltness Railway
A new passenger and goods service started. Called at; Morningside [CR] (from 1844), Carluke [1st], Overtown Road, Wishaw [1st], Motherwell [1st], Holytown [1st], Carnbroe and (after 1845 when its southern approach opened) Coatbridge [CR] (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway). There was a through coach to Glasgow. An omnibus ran from Carluke [1st] to Lanark.
  /  /1848Wishaw and Coltness Railway
Deviation and improvement, between Garriongill Junction and Whifflet and with new curve at Carnbroe, authorised.

Books


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

Bradshaw's Guides Scotlands Railways West Coast - Carlisle to Inverness: 5

Old Newmains and the Villages Around Wishaw

Old Wishaw

Wishaw 1896: Lanarkshire Sheet 18.03 (Old O.S. Maps of Lanarkshire)