Canal Junction [Inverness]

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Canal Junction [Inverness] (1877-1969)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Where: Highland
Opened on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway.
Opened on the Muirtown Basin Branch (Highland Railway).

Description

This junction was east of the Clachnaharry Swing Bridge and west of the Ness Viaduct. It was the start of the short branch south to Muirtown Basin. Both the main line and branch were single track. A signal box was present from opening in 1877. This was replaced with a ground frame before closure. Closure was either in 1969 or 1970.

In the Great War a mines depot, US Naval Base 18, was laid out close to the junction. This was reached by reversal from the branch.

In the Second World War some of the same site was re-used for MOW Carse Sidings.

After the war a refuse tip siding was laid in, the marshy land to the east of the curve being filled in.

The embankment formation of the former branch is intact for much of its length, curving round the Merkinch Industrial Estate.

Local

Merkinch Local Nature Reserve

Scottish Canals - Caledonian Canal

Tags

Junction

Aliases

Muirtown Basin Junction
06/12/2021


Nearby stations
Clachnaharry
Inverness Harbour [Station]
Inverness Innes Street Ticket Platform
Inverness
Ness Islands Railway
Bunchrew
Allanfearn
Munlochy
Allangrange
Lentran
Redcastle
Castle Stuart Platform
Avoch
Clunes
Daviot
US Base 18 Loco Shed
MOW Carse Sidings
Thornbush Shipyard
Muirtown Basin
Clachnaharry Swing Bridge
US Base 18 Sidings
Ness Viaduct
Inverness Harbour
Tourist/other
US Naval Base 18
Merkinch Local Nature Reserve
Witch^s Coffin
South Kessock Pier
Glen-Albyn Distillery
Glenmhor Distillery
Cromwell^s Fort [Inverness]
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Books


Highland Railway (Railway History)

Highland Railway (The David & Charles series)

Highland Railway Album

Highland Railway: People and Places - From the Inverness and Nairn Railway to Scotrail

Highland Survivor

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Highland Railway