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Annbank Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Annbank Junction (1872-)

Opened on the Ayr and Mauchline Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway).

Description

This is the junction between the lines from Ayr to Mauchline and the branch to Killoch Washery. The junction is immediately west of the former Annbank station.

For full details see the Annbank entry.

Tags

Junction
11/02/2020

Nearby stations Annbank Auchincruive Colliery Platform Auchincruive Tarbolton Trabboch Prestwick Town Prestwick International Airport Monkton Newton-on-Ayr Ayr [2nd] Ayr [1st] Drongan Ayr Mossgiel Tunnel Platform Maybole Junction [Station]	Ayr Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Enterkine? Box Annbank Brick Works Mossblown Junction Enterkine 9,10 / Ayr 1,2 / Ayr Colliery No 9 Pit Brockle Bridge Auchincruive Colliery Pits No 1,2,3 Tofts 1 and 2 Collieries Tofts Junction Enterkine Viaduct Oswald^s Bridge Pit Clune Siding Auchincruive Coal Pit Dalmore? Box Tourist/other Auchincruive House
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

11/06/1872	Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Annbank (Annbank Junction) to Cronberry and Belston Junction to Holehouse Junction opened for goods and minerals. Cumnock Junction to Logan Junction probably also opened.
04/01/1943	Ayr and Mauchline Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Annbank (Annbank Junction) (excluded) to Mauchline (excluded) closed to passengers. Tarbolton station closed.
14/06/1965	Ayr and Mauchline Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway Maybole and Girvan Railway Annbank (Annbank Junction) to Mauchline re-opened to passengers (with the closure of the Port Road the trains are diverted). The number of trains between Challoch Junction, Girvan and Ayr increases after closure of the Portpatrick Railway.
01/04/1985	Ayr and Mauchline Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Annbank Junction (excluded) to Mauchline (excluded) closed.
17/03/1988	Ayr and Mauchline Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Line re-opened from Annbank Junction to Mauchline.