Burnton Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Burnton Viaduct (1856-)Opened on the Ayr and Dalmellington Railway.
Description
This is an impressive viaduct. It is a single track, sixteen arch viaduct crossing over the Purclewan Burn (or, more particularly, the low land on either side).
The overall length is 738 ft, height 80 ft and has arches of 40 ft.
Potterston Junction was to the immediate south east and Dalrymple Junction is to the north west.
The line closed to passengers in 1964. Since then it has carried coal traffic, flows starting and stopping. At present (2019) the line carries no traffic.
The engineer was John Miller.
Tags
Viaduct Perclewan BurnFacilities
Listing: B
| Nearby stations Hollybush Maybole Junction [Station] Dalrymple Holehouse Junction Alloway Cassillis Patna [1st] Cairntable Halt [Knockshinnoch] Patna [2nd] Ayr Ayr [2nd] Heads of Ayr [2nd] Ayr [1st] Rankinston Drongan | Potterston Junction Loop Potterston Junction Purclewan Siding Mine Dalrymple Junction Carcluie Pumping Station Pulsometer and tank Glengall Siding Doon Viaduct Alloway Junction Broomhill Loading Pad Tourist/other Martnaham Loch Martnaham Loch Glengall Signal Box Ailsa Hospital |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
