Kilmarnock Joint Shed
Location type
Loco shedName and dates
Kilmarnock Joint Shed (1873-1923)Opened on the Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.
Description
This two road stone built shed was in the north part of the Kilmarnock Joint Goods yard. A turntable was to the west and lines approached from the west, from Kilmarnock Goods Junction. As the Glasgow and South Western Railway had its own sheds nearby the main user was the other partner in the joint line, the Caledonian Railway.
From 1910 the joint line was largely a preserve of the G&SWR who took over maintenance. As a result the shed saw considerably less use.
The shed closed in 1923 with The Grouping although the turntable and water tank remained useful. The goods yard closed in 1969 to become the J. Walker Kilmarnock bottling plant. Sidings remained in the west of the shed approach and the building itself survived for a time. The bottling plant closed in 2012 and the site is bring redeveloped.
Tags
Shed Locomotive shedChronology Dates
| 26/06/1873 | Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Opened throughout, by extending from Stewarton to Kilmarnock. Station opened at Kilmaurs. Additionally Kilmarnock Joint Goods and Kilmarnock Joint Shed opened. |
| / /1910 | Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway As a cost saving measure for the joint Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock the Glasgow and South Western Railway largely uses the line and takes over the maintenance. Kilmarnock Joint Shed largely falls out of use. |
| 27/12/1923 | Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Kilmarnock Joint Shed closed, being made available for carriage and wagon department. |
