Blane Valley Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Blane Valley Junction (1866-1964)Opened on the Blane Valley Railway.
Opened on the Campsie Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway).
Description
The Blane Valley Railway of 1866 met the Campsie Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) here.
The Campsie Branch was double track and the Blane Valley doubled before meeting it.
The signal box was built aligned with the Blane Valley. The original terminus, Lennoxtown [1st], was left on a short branch from the junction and became a goods yard while Lennoxtown [2nd] replaced it on the route west to Dumgoyne and, later, Aberfoyle.
There were two bridges over the Glazert Water. A single track on on the Blane Valley and a double on the approach to the old terminus.
The box closed in 1958. The line west closed in 1964 and the original terminus closed in 1966.
Tags
JunctionExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Lennoxtown [2nd] Lennoxtown Old Campsie Glen Milton of Campsie Torrance Kirkintilloch [2nd] Kirkintilloch Basin Balmore Back O Loch Halt Bardowie Lenzie Kirkintilloch [1st] Woodley Strathblane Twechar | Lennoxtown Shed Campsie Alum works Lennoxmill Print Works Underwood Chemical Works Culloch Slap Lime Works Tarfin Min [Alum, Coal, Limestone] Boydsburn Coal Mine Lennox Castle Siding Glorat Lime Works Lillyburn Print Works Kincaid Print Works Balquharrage Sand Siding Tourist/other Lennox Castle Hospital Woodhead House Lennox Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 24/06/1956 | Campsie Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) Blane Valley Junction to Kelvin Valley West Junction singled. (The approach to Lennoxtown [1st] having previously been singled.) The westbound line was lifted between Blane Valley Junction and Milton of Campsie and, beyond that, the southbound line was lifted. The line slewed east of Milton of Campsie. |
| 28/09/1964 | Blane Valley Railway Lennox Castle Siding to Lennoxtown [2nd], Blane Valley Junction, (excluded) closed to freight. |
Books
 Forgotten Railways: Scotland |
