Park Street Level Crossing

Location type


Name and dates

Park Street Level Crossing (1880-1980)

Description

This level crossing was on the Caledonian Railway's 1880 line from Motherwell Junction to the Dalzell Steel Works.

There was a signal box on the north side of the road, west side of the line.

The line over the crossing was closed in 1979/80 (probably 1979 as the box closed that year). Within the works the line remained, now a headshunt used to reach various parts o the works. This trackwork survived until the closure of the Ravenscraig Steel Works, the headshunt no longer necessary to bring concast slabs from Ravenscraig to Dalzell for rolling.

Tags

Level Crossing

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
06/08/2019

Chronology Dates

27/12/1917Wishaw and Coltness Railway
Agreement between the Caledonian Railway and David Colville and Sons over alteration to Park Street Level Crossing entry.