Headless Cross Headlesscross | |
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General information | |
Location | Fauldhouse, West Lothian Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°48′36″N 3°44′43″W / 55.809976°N 3.745385°W |
Grid reference | NS 907 587 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway |
Pre-grouping | Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway |
Key dates | |
1847[1] | Opened |
April 1848 | Closed to passengers |
May 1850 | Re-opened |
December 1852[1] | Closed to passengers |
Headless Cross railway station[1] or Headlesscross railway station was a station on the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway (WM&CR) that served the rural area of Headless Cross near Fauldhouse in West Lothian.[2] The station was located 4 miles 60 chains[3] east of Morningside railway station.
The company at first adopted the standard track gauge for mineral lines of 4 ft 6 in, often referred to as Scotch gauge. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway took over the WM&CR in 1849, the track gauge already having been changed in August 1847, from the now almost obsolete 4 ft 6 in to the generally accepted standard gauge of 4 ft 8½ in.[4]
Headless Cross station had a single short platform that was accessed off the B715 Headlesscross Road and stood just to the west of the old railway overbridge.[5]
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