Hawkhill Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Hawkhill Junction (1870-1985)Opened on the Ayr and Dalmellington Railway.
Opened on the Ayr and Mauchline Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
Description
This was the 1870 junction between the main line from Glasgow and the line from Mauchline, giving both lines access to Ayr. It was a double track curve. The signal box, opened with the junction, was on the east side of the junction, just north of Hawkhill Avenue. The box was replaced with a larger box on a similar site.
The curve to the east closed to passengers (only) in 1951. In 1965 it re-opened an a new alignment, a single track curve closer to Ayr MPD.
The box burned down in 1970 and was replaced with a temporary (for 6 years!) box.
This curve closed in 1975. The box closed in 1976.
Tags
Junction
| Nearby stations Ayr [1st] Newton-on-Ayr Ayr [2nd] Ayr Auchincruive Prestwick Town Alloway Prestwick International Airport Auchincruive Colliery Platform Monkton Maybole Junction [Station] Heads of Ayr [2nd] Annbank Dalrymple Heads of Ayr [1st) | Hawkhill LC Ayr MPD Newton Carpet Works Blackhouse Junction Newton Junction [Ayr] Newton Level Crossing Ayr Shed [1st] Burgh Yard Siding [Ayr] Newton Flat Crossing Ayr Viaduct Vulcan Foundry [Ayr] Ayr Harbour Junction Neptune Works Blackthorn Tower Scottish Agricultural Industries Works |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 10/09/1951 | Ayr and Mauchline Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Muirkirk [2nd] to Ayr (Hawkhill Junction) closed to passengers. |
| 14/06/1965 | Ayr and Mauchline Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Blackhouse Junction to Hawkhill Junction re-opened for passengers. The re-opened curve was not on the original double track alignment but closer to Ayr MPD. |
| 05/05/1975 | Ayr and Mauchline Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Ayr (Hawkhill Junction) to Mauchline re-closed to passengers. Blackhouse Junction to Hawkhill Junction closed to all traffic. |
