Linwood Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Linwood JunctionOpened on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.
Description
This was the junction for the Linwood Branch Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway). The branch was approached from the east. There was a signal box on the north side of the junction and looped exchange sidings laid on the north side of the main line in the 'V' of the junction. A mile of the branch belonged to the G&SWR.
The single track branch left the main line to run north west to Linelive Pit and Candren Pit, both also known as Douglas pits.
The junction box was reduced to a ground frame in 1908 and closed in 1934. (Intriguingly the 1897 OS map shows two boxes with a second signal box on the south side of the line further to the west, perhaps the box was replaced.)
The junction was taken out around 1938.
The branch remained partially open as the Walkinshaw Brick Works (and Inkerman Oil Works), accessed from the Gourock line, and its associated mineral lines interlinked with the line.
The main line remains open but nothing remains to be seen of the junction and subsequent house building has covered the nearer part of the branch's route.
Tags
Junction| Nearby stations Paisley West Ferguslie Paisley St James Elderslie Paisley Canal [1st] Paisley Gilmour Street Paisley Canal Paisley Hamilton Street Paisley Abercorn Stanely Paisley East Potterhill Glenfield Hawkhead Sandyford Halt | Paisley Western Coal Depot [1st] Paisley Western Coal Depot [2nd] Ferguslie Thread Works Paisley Gas Works Ferguslie Goods Ferguslie Thread Works Ferguslie Dyeworks Ferguslie Fire Clay Works Tannahill^s Hole Potterhill Junction Corsebar Junction Blythswood Chemical Works Ferguslie Viaduct Ferguslie Signal Box Tourist/other King Street Signal Box |
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