Cairn Valley Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Cairn Valley Junction (1905-1949)Opened on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway.
Opened on the Cairn Valley Light Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
Description
This was the junction for the Cairn Valley Light Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway) about 1 and 3/4 miles north of Dumfries. The branch was a single track 'light' railway.
The connection was a single lead junction with a siding on the branch.
A temporary connection made in 1903 allowed construction and a permanent signal box opened on the west side of the junction in 1905.
The line closed to passengers in 1943 and completely in 1949. The box closed in 1953 on completion of line dismantling.
The main line remains open. The junction can still be discerned although the branch has been partly landscaped.
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JunctionChronology Dates
| 03/05/1943 | Cairn Valley Light Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Moniaive to Dumfries (Cairn Valley Junction) closed to passengers. |
| 04/07/1949 | Cairn Valley Light Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Moniaive to Dumfries (Cairn Valley Junction) closed to freight. |
