Ardeer [1907] Junction

Location type

Junction

Names and dates

Ardeer Iron Company Branch Junction (1840-1890)
Ardeer [1907] Junction (1907-1960)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Opened on the Ardrossan and Johnstone Railway.

Description

This junction is marked on the RCH map of 1875. It was the junction for the Ardeer Iron Works, Lucknow Pit and British Dynamite Co Works and Sidings.

The Glasgow and South Western Railway put in a proper junction in 1907.

Tags

Junction

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Ardrossan (North) 1895: Ayrshire Sheet 16.01 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Ayrshire)

Ardrossan (South) 1895: Ayrshire Sheet 16.05 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Ayrshire)

Kilwinning 1895: Ayrshire Sheet 16.04 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Ayrshire)

Old Ardrossan

Old Kilwinning

Origins of the Scottish Railway System 1722-1844

The Glasgow & South Western Railway a History