Cumnock Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Cumnock Junction (1872-1931)Opened on the Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
Opened on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway.
Description
This junction was east of Cumnock [2nd] on the Glasgow and South Western Railway main line and was east of Cumnock [1st] on the Ayr and Cumnock line. It gave access to the Muirkirk line without the need to go via Lugar.
This was a double track junction, the branch continued east to Logan Junction as a double line beyond which it singled and continued east to Cronberry Junction.
The curve opened with the line west to Ayr in 1872.
The curve fell out of use around 1931 and the box, on the south side of the junction, closed in 1936.
The formation of the curve remains, the main line is still open.
Tags
Junction| Nearby stations Cumnock [2nd] Cumnock [1st] Commondyke Lugar Cronberry Auchinleck Cairntable Halt Dumfries House Skares New Cumnock Ochiltree Catrine Mauchline Sinclairston (Private) Muirkirk [1st] | Logan Junction Pit Pit Bank Viaduct Cumnock Viaduct Dickston Pit Dickston Pit Lugar Works Lugar Mine Rodanhead Pit Craigston Pit Rose Junction Common Junction Dykes Pit No 2 Glenmuir Viaduct |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 11/06/1872 | Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Annbank (Annbank Junction) to Cronberry and Belston Junction to Holehouse Junction opened for goods and minerals. Cumnock Junction to Logan Junction probably also opened. |
| / /1931 | Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Cumnock Junction (excluded) to Logan Junction (excluded) closed. |
Books
 An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways |  Carlisle To Beattock: including the Dumfries Branch (Scottish Main Lines) |  The Glasgow & South Western Railway a History |
