Markle Level Crossing
Location type
Name and dates
Markle Level Crossing (1846-)Opened on the North British Railway.
Description
This level crossing is between East Fortune (to the west) and East Linton. The crossing was formerly controlled by a signal box which was to the south of the crossing and on the south/west side of the line. This closed in 1965.
Local
The ruins of Markle, a Laird's House, is to the south east. The railway is in a cutting to its north.
Tags
Level Crossing
| Nearby stations East Linton East Linton [1st] East Fortune Drem Dirleton North Berwick [Williamstown] Haddington North Berwick North Berwick [1st] Ballencrieff Luffness Platform Gullane Aberlady Gifford Dunbar | East Linton Viaduct Drem Junction Garvald Ferrygate Works Beltonford Siding Tourist/other Hailes Castle National Museum of Flight Preston Mill East Fortune Hospital Traprain Law St Martin^s Kirk Chesters Hill Fort North Berwick Law Lauderdale Aisle Hopetoun Monument |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
News items
| 30/01/2023 | £8.7 million bridge plan for dangerous county level crossing [East Lothian Courier] |
| 21/09/2021 | Fatal East Lothian level crossing to be replaced by £7.4 million bridge [Edinburgh Live] |
