Fardlehill Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Fardlehill Junction (1914-1935)Opened on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.
Description
This was the junction for Fardalehill Colliery (older spelling), Greenhill Colliery Pit No 1, Woodhall Colliery Pit No 14 and Woodhall Colliery Pit No 16. The collieries were on the south side of the line, approached from the west. The junction was between Crosshouse and Kilmarnock.
A box opened on the south side of the junction in 1914 (although perhaps older as it appears in the 1910 OS map).
The box closed in 1935.
The main line closed in 1973.
The trackbed is now a footpath.
Tags
Junction footpathExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Crosshouse Kilmaurs Kilmarnock [1st] Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (St Marnocks) Gatehead Riccarton and Craigie Springside Cunninghamhead Hurlford Drybridge Dreghorn Barleith Halt Stewarton Montgreenan | Woodhill Colliery Pit No 16 Bonnington Lye Woodhill Carriage Shed Woodhill Colliery Pit No 14 Fardalehill Colliery Woodhill Colliery (No 8 Pit) Woodhill Colliery (No 9 Pit) Busbiehead Colliery Pit No 2 Crosshouse Junction Bonnyton and Hillhead Siding Plann Fireclay Works Plann Colliery Bonnyton Fire Clay Works Tourist/other Woodhill Signal Box Crosshouse Hospital |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
