Brackenhill Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Brackenhill Junction (1903-1964)Opened on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.
Opened on the Catrine Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
Description
This was the junction for the Catrine branch, a short branch south east of Mauchline.
The main line was double track, the branch single. The branch started as a double track at the junction, rapidly dropping to a single track. The signal box was in the 'V' of the junction. It replaced the nearby Brackenhill Siding box on its opening in 1903.
After closure of the branch to passengers in 1943 the junction became a single lead junction with a crossover (which had been there already, west of the junction).
The branch closed completely in 1964 and the box closed.
The formation of the closed trackbed can still be seen.
Tags
JunctionExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Catrine Mauchline Auchinleck Ochiltree Skares Dumfries House Commondyke Mossgiel Tunnel Platform Cumnock [2nd] Cumnock [1st] Lugar Tarbolton Drongan Cronberry Trabboch | Brackenhill Siding Willockston Siding Ballochmyle Viaduct Barony Junction Bleachworks Barony Power Station Barony Colliery Pits Nos 1,2,3,4 Ballochmyle Quarries Barskimming Quarry [1st] Gilmilnscroft Colliery Pit No 4 Gilmilnscroft Colliery Pit No 1 Barskimming Quarry [2nd] Kay^s Curling Stones Sorn 1,2 Quarry |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 03/05/1943 | Catrine Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Catrine to Mauchline (Brackenhill Junction) closed to passengers. |
| 06/07/1964 | Catrine Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Catrine to Brackenhill Junction (excluded) closed to freight. |
