Kirklee Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Kirklee Junction (1896-1964)Description
This was a double track junction to the north of Kirklee station. The lines divided south of Kirklee Road passing underneath by two separate bridges. The signal box was located on the east side.
It was the southern apex of a triangular junction. The forks ran to Bellshaugh Junction (to the west) and Maryhill Junction (east). In addition the west fork had a pair of looped sidings on its west side.
The west fork closed in 1960 and the east fork was reduced to a single track goods line running south as far as Kelvin Bridge. The east fork closed in 1964. The box survived until 1964 as it controlled the point where the sngled line doubled.
The nearby west to east line remained open until 1966.
The site is now a small area of landscaped garden sandwiched between Kirklee Road and housing on the site of Kirklee station.
Tags
Junction
| Nearby stations Kirklee Botanic Gardens Maryhill Central Hillhead [Subway] Hyndland [1st] Kelvinside Dawsholm Kelvin Bridge Kelvinbridge [Subway] Kelvinhall [Subway] Hyndland Kelvindale Kelvin Hall Lochburn Crow Road | Kirklee Goods Kirklee Goods Signal Box Maryhill Central Junction Bellshaugh Junction Botanic Gardens Tunnel Dawsholm Viaduct Dawsholm Shed Ruchill Street Bridge [FCC] Glasgow Lead and Colour Works Great Western Road Tunnel Kelvindale Paper Works Ruchill Iron Works Glasgow Rubber Works Tourist/other Glasgow Royal Botanic Gardens Maryhill East Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/05/1896 | Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway Maryhill Junction to Bellshaugh Junction to Clydebank Riverside, Partick West Junction to Stobcross and Bellshaugh Junction to Kirklee Junction opened for goods. Kelvinside, Partick Central, Scotstoun Goods, Whiteinch [CR], Yoker [CR] opened to goods. Branch into the Clyde Bank Iron Shipyard [2nd] opened. |
| 16/05/1960 | Glasgow Central Railway Kirklee Junction (excluded) to Bellshaugh Junction (excluded) closed (the south to west curve at Kirklee/Maryhill). |
| 14/08/1960 | Glasgow Central Railway Kelvin Bridge (excluded) to Stobcross Junction (excluded) closed to freight. Kelvinbridge signal box closed. Maryhill Central Junction to Kelvin Bridge remains open as a branch. The portion line from Kirklee Junction to Kelvin Bridge is singled and worked by one-engine-in-steam. |
| 23/09/1964 | Glasgow Central Railway Kirklee Junction signal box closed on line closure from Kelvin Bridge to Maryhill Central Junction (excluded). |
