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Headless Cross railway station 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.〔(SABRE )〕 The station was located 4 miles 60 chains〔Report dated 11 June 1845 in Parliamentary Papers Railway Department, Session: 22 January – 28 August 1846〕 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.〔Knox, Harry (2010). ''The Story of Bathgate's Railways - 1849 to 2010'', Bathgate Historic Conservation Society]〕 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.〔 ==Services== The line was worked by steam although the early intention may have been to work the line as a horse drawn waggonway with independent hauliers.〔 Sporadic passenger services had started from 1845 and a road coach ran between Edinburgh to the original terminus at Longridge from 16 May 1846, passengers disembarking travelling on by train to Townhead. In 1847 two hours was the railway section of the journey, calling at all the stations on the Wilsontown line.〔Thomas, John (1984) revised J S Paterson, ''A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 6, Scotland, the Lowlands and the Borders'', Newton Abbott : David and Charles. ISBN 0-946537-12-7.〕 The Caledonian Railway opened its line from Carlisle to Garriongill Junction in 1848 and its trains then ran through to Glasgow over the WM&CR. The demands on the line's capacity may led to the WM&CR passenger service being terminated at this time before being reinstated for a short time a few years later.〔Cobb, M.H. (2003). ''The Railways of Great Britain -- A Historical Atlas''. Shepperton : Ian Allan Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7110-3003-0.〕 The passenger service on the line re-started On 1 October 1864 between Morningside and Bathgate on the 1850 extension, with intermediate stations only however at Blackhall, Crofthead, Bents and Whitburn. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Headless Cross railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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