Crossford Station Level Crossing
Crossford may refer to: * Crossford, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland **formerly served by Crossford railway station * Crossford, Fife, Scotland *Crossford, South Lanarkshire Crossford is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Crossford lies on the A72, alongside the River Clyde and the River Nethan, north west of Lanark and south east of Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common B ...

Crossford Railway Station
Crossford is a closed station of the Cairn Valley Light Railway branch, from Dumfries. It served the rural area of Crossford in Dumfries and Galloway The line was closed to passengers in 1943. History The CVR was nominally independent, but was in reality controlled by the Glasgow and South Western Railway.Sanders, page 50 The line was closed to passengers on 3 May 1943, during WW2Awdry, page 64 and to freight on 4 July 1949, and the track lifted in 1953. 1947 is also quoted as a date of complete closure. The siding was worked by down trains only, goods for Dumfries being taken to the nearest station along. The points were unlocked with an Annett's key that was kept in a locked box on a post adjacent to the point.Kirkpatrick, Page 91 Trains were controlled by a 'lock and block' system whereby the trains operated treadles on the single line to interact with the block instruments. Views at the old station File:Crossford station Moniave.JPG, Crossford's old station master's ...
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Crossford, Fife
Crossford is a splendid village in West Fife, Scotland (population in 2011 was 2358). It is west of Dunfermline, east of Cairneyhill, astride the A994 (Main Street), at . The village has mixed housing with large housing estates on the southwest and northwest ends. Most residents work either locally or commute to Edinburgh or Glasgow. Crossford lies north of the Firth of Forth and from Edinburgh. The village sits on the main bus route X24, X26, X27 from Fife to Central Glasgow's Buchanan Bus Station. Bus routes 8 and 9 go to High Vallyfield and Stirling. Bus route 89 goes to St Margarets Hospital in Dunfermline and then to North Queensferry. Dunfermline City rail station is away. Local facilities School and community Crossford Primary School was built in 1973 replacing the old school that was located on the North side of the A994 halfway between Cairneyhill and Crossford. The school has ten teaching areas in a semi-open plan arrangement, plus a separate nursery clas ...
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