Dipple Siding
Location type
Sidings
Name and dates
Dipple Siding (1906-1955)
Opened on the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
Description
These sidings were north of Dipple itself. The sidings were on the west side of the line and approached from the north. There was a short loop within the goods yard. The yard had an office and a water tank.
There was a signal box opened in 1914. This was with the addition of a new passing loop on the east side of the line to increase line capacity. The box was on the east side of the loop.
The box was replaced with a ground frame in 1925. It reopened in 1936 before being replaced again with a ground frame.
The line closed to goods and completely in 1955.
The site is now a caravan park, Turnberry Holiday Park.
Local
Tags
Siding signal boxExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
Nearby stations Turnberry Killochan Grangeston Halt Maidens Girvan Girvan (Old) Dailly Glenside Kilkerran Knoweside Crosshill [Ayrshire] Maybole Pinmore Maybole [1st] Dunure | Other railway and industry locations Dipple Siding Works Girvan Grangeston Depot Craighead Lime Works Turnberry Aerodrome Grangestone Siding Bargany Colliery Girvan No 1 [1st] Bargany Signal Box Girvan Junction Maidens Goods Girvan Viaduct Tourist/other Turnberry Hotel Grangestone Distillery Killochan Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
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