Headless Cross Headlesscross | |
|---|---|
 The site of the station with Knowton Colliery Bing in the background | |
| 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]
- ^ a b c Butt (1995), p. 116.
- ^ SABRE
- ^ Report dated 11 June 1845 in Parliamentary Papers Railway Department, Session: 22 January – 28 August 1846
- ^ Knox, Harry (2010). The Story of Bathgate's Railways - 1849 to 2010, Bathgate Historic Conservation Society]
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