Crossgatehall Halt

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Crossgatehall Halt (1913-1930)

Opened on the Macmerry Branch (North British Railway).

Description

This was a single platform halt opened for the Dalkeith Colliery Nos 1,2 and 3. The platform was on the north side of the line and west of the A6124 over bridge.

Almost opposite the platform was Dalkeith Colliery signal box (opened 1912 with the colliery branch and closed 1957). To the west a branch to the colliery diverged to the south west.

The track was in a cutting. This has been infilled and landscaped since closure. A railway cottage, much modified, remains on the north side of the former line.

Tags

Halt station

Aliases

Dalkeith Colliery Signal Box

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
04/05/2019


Chronology Dates

22/09/1930Macmerry Branch (North British Railway)
Smeaton and Crossgatehall Halt closed to passengers, ahead of the closure of the line to Gifford to passengers.

Books


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

An Illustrated History of Edinburgh's Railways

Forgotten Railways: Scotland

Haddington, Macmerry and Gifford Branch Lines (Oakwood Library of Railway History)