Cumnock Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Cumnock Viaduct (1872-1964)Opened on the Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
Description
This is a double track thirteen arch masonry viaduct east of Cumnock [1st] station on the closed Ayr to Cronberry line (the Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)). The viaduct has an overall length of 522 ft and height of 81 ft.
Only one line was laid, this being on the south side of the viaduct, had the line been doubled it would have been the westbound line.
The line closed to passengers in 1951 and officially completely in 1964. (Actually closed 1962, Cronberry Junction to Dykes Junction.)
The viaduct now carries a footpath.
It is also known as Caponacre Viaduct, Murray Park Viaduct and Glaisnock Viaduct.
The engineer was William Johnstone.
Tags
Viaduct footpathAliases
Caponacre Viaduct Glaisnock Viaduct Murray Park ViaductFacilities
Listing: B
| Nearby stations Cumnock [1st] Cumnock [2nd] Commondyke Lugar Auchinleck Dumfries House Skares Cronberry Cairntable Halt Ochiltree New Cumnock Catrine Mauchline Sinclairston (Private) Drongan | Pit Pit Bank Viaduct Rodanhead Pit Cumnock Junction Glengyron Coal Pit Glengyron Box Logan Junction Dickston Pit Dickston Pit Blackston Colliery Blackstone Branch Junction Dykes Pit No 2 Lugar Works Lugar Mine |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
