Broomhill Loading Pad
Location type
MineName and dates
Broomhill Loading Pad (1998-2002)Served by the Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
Description
This was a coal loading point for the open cast sites to the south. To serve it the line, which had closed in 1950, was re-opened from Holehouse Junction to Broomhill. It was short lived and the line was closed around 2001/2 and was lifted. It was visited by the Branch Line Society's 'The Broomhill' railtour on 13/08/2000 (which also visited the sidings at Barassie). Operation was awkward requiring an old Southern Railway guard's van.
Tags
Coal Loading Pad
Chronology Dates
| / /1998 | Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Holehouse Junction to new Broomhill Loading Pad re-opened. |
| 18/07/1998 | Ayr and Mauchline Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Ayr and Dalmellington Railway Broomhill Loading Pad to Holehouse Junction (excluded), for the opencast just to the south of Broomhill, re-opened. |
| 13/08/2000 | Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) A Branch Line Society railtour visits Broomhill Loading Pad. |
| 13/08/2000 | Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Branch Line Society railtour The Broomhill visits Broomhill Loading Pad from Holehouse Junction. |
| / /2002 | Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Broomhill Loading Pad to Holehouse Junction (excluded) closed and lifted. |
