Blackstone Branch Junction
Location type
MineName and dates
Blackstone Branch Junction (1883-1900)Served by the Muirkirk Branch (Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway).
Description
This was the junction for coal pits to the west of Birnieknowe Farm on a short branch going north from the Muirkirk line, approached from the east. To the south was a line to Blackston Colliery, also approached from the east.
After closure of the early branches a new mineral line, on the south side and approached from the west, served Dykes Pit No 2. A box 'Blackstone' opened in 1883, it was in the 'V' of the junction, a little to the east. The box was closed by around 1900.
Tags
Junction| Nearby stations Commondyke Cumnock [2nd] Lugar Auchinleck Cumnock [1st] Cronberry Cairntable Halt Dumfries House Skares Catrine Ochiltree Mauchline New Cumnock Mossgiel Tunnel Platform Sinclairston (Private) | Blackston Colliery Coal Pit Birnieknowe Pit Dykes Pit No 2 Coal Pit Coal Pit Barglachan Colliery Barglachan Pit Dickston Pit Common Junction Bank Viaduct Ballochmyle Colliery Nos 5 and 6 Dickston Pit Common Pit No 6 Tourist/other Laurienne Memorial |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
