Cathcart East Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Cathcart East Junction (1904-)Station code: National Rail
Opened on the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.
Description
This is a double track junction where lines of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway meet between Cathcart and Newton. The junction was formed in 1904.
The signal box was on the south side of the junction at Kings Park station. The junction is also known as Kings Park Junction. This box closed in 1961, taken over by Cathcart Power Box.
Two tracks run separately north west to form a flying junction at Cathcart North Junction. This connection provides a useful diversionary route when the main line through Cambuslang is closed.
A double line runs west to Cathcart, missing the station itself, to meet the Cathcart District Railway at Cathcart West Junction. This allows trains using the west side of the Cathcart Circle to run east to Newton. The junction at Cathcart West Junction was remodelled around 1962 to allow this, before this date the Cathcart West Junction to Cathcart East Junction line was largely used for freight.
Several local roads were realigned to facilitate the construction if the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway notably in the area north of Cathcart station and east of Cathcart East Junction. Cathcart Road was replaced with Carmunnock Road on an alignment further east.
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JunctionAliases
Kings Park Junction02/07/2019
| Nearby stations Kings Park Cathcart [1st] Cathcart Mount Florida Croftfoot Crosshill Langside Muirend Queens Park Pollokshaws East Strathbungo Gushetfaulds Pollokshields West Rutherglen [3rd] Pollokshields East | Aikenhead Colliery Nos 1 and 2 Cathcart Power Box White Cart Water Viaduct Cathcart North Junction Mount Florida Mineral Depot Cathcart West Junction SPX Flow Battlefield [Tram] Govan Colliery Pit No 6 Mallsmire Firebrick Works Coal Pit Colliery Works Sentinel Works Tourist/other Hampden Park Stadium Holmwood House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1897 | Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Giffen Junction to Newton, Lugton L and A Junction, Clarkston West Junction to Clarkston East Junction, Muirend to Clarkston East Junction, Kirkhill Junction to Newton, Kirkhill Junction to Westburn Junction, Cathcart West Junction to Cathcart, two single track Cathcart East Junction to Cathcart North Junction links. Railways 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 authorised to be made by the Caledonian Railway. |
Books
 Forgotten Railways: Scotland |
