RAILSCOT | Busby Junction

Junction

Busby Junction (1866-)

Station code: National Rail
Opened on the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway.
Opened on the Busby Railway.

This is the junction between the line from Glasgow Central to Kilmarnock and the branch to East Kilbride.

It was originally the junction between the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway (1848) (extended to Kilmarnock in 1871) and the Busby Railway (1866) which (extended to East Kilbride in 1868 and Hamilton in 1883).

Formerly a double track junction, with some short sidings, it is now a single lead junction for the East Kilbride line. The signal box here, the second on this site, closed in 1974 when replaced by Glasgow Central Power Box.

Nearby stations Pollokshaws West Thornliebank Kennishead Pollokshaws East Shawlands Giffnock Spiersbridge Langside Priesthill and Darnley Crossmyloof Bellahouston Park Halt Muirend Maxwell Park Corkerhill Dumbreck	Auldhouse Coal Depot Cartcraigs Goods Depot Eastwood Engine Works Argus Foundry Pollokshaws Viaduct Giffnock Brick Works Washwall^s Old Siding Washwall^s New Siding English Quarry Pollokshaws West Goods Burnfield Siding Thornliebank Dye Print and Bleach Works Tourist/other Eastwood Signal box Pollok House Burrell Collection
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

01/01/1866	Busby Railway Line opened from Pollokshaws (Busby Junction) to Busby largely in connection with quarrying.

19/07/2021	Glasgow railway footbridge to be demolished in South Side [Evening Times]