[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.

[6] 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.

[7][8] The passenger service on the line restarted On 1 October 1864 between Morningside and Bathgate on the 1850 extension, with intermediate stations only however at Blackhall, Crofthead, Bents and Whitburn.

[11] A footpath runs from the entrance off Headlesscross Road and ran parallel to the track to Knowton Colliery.

[13] A short tramway, dismantled by 1895, ran up from next to the Lingore Linn and terminated near the old station site.