Auchincruive 4,5,6,7 [Glenburn]
Location type
MineName and dates
Auchincruive 4,5,6,7 [Glenburn] (1911-1974)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Served by the Monkton and Annbank Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway).Description
This colliery was opened mid way along the Monkton and Annbank Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway), on the south side of the line, in 1911. It was near Troon and generally known as Glenburn. The area workshops were located here.
When the north-south runway of Prestwick Airport opened the railway was severed along with the sidings at the east end of the mine - new sidings were laid on a curve parallel to the runway. The line east of the airport closed completely and to the west it remained open (although a south facing connection was put in at Monkton).
It closed in 1973/4. The colliery site is now service buildings of airport.
Tags
Colliery mineAliases
Auchincruive 4,5,6,7 (Glenburn)| Nearby stations Prestwick Town Auchincruive Prestwick International Airport Auchincruive Colliery Platform Monkton Newton-on-Ayr Annbank Ayr [1st] Ayr [2nd] Ayr Troon [2nd] Troon Tarbolton Troon Harbour Barassie | Prestwick Oil Siding [1st] Clune Siding Tofts Junction Monkton Junction Auchincruive Colliery Pits No 1,2,3 Monkton Oil Sidings Auchincruive Coal Pit Auchincruive Coal Pit Mossblown Junction Falkland Junction Ayr Tram Depot [Trams] Neptune Works Tofts 1 and 2 Collieries Tourist/other Prestwick Airport Auchincruive House |
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