RAILSCOT | Lugton L and A Junction

Junction

Lugton L and A Junction (1903-1964)

Opened on the Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.
Opened on the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

Lugton L&A Junction opened in 1903 between the 1871 Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway, (jointly owned by the Caledonian Railway and Glasgow and South Western Railway), and the extension of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway opened in 1903 between Giffen Junction and Cathcart West Junction. The L&A junction opened as part of a short link joining the new line at Lugton East Junction.

This junction was useful for allowing trains from the Kilmarnock area to take the L&A to Glasgow or on to Newton.

A train from Lugton goods could cross over the Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway to join the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

The signal box, opened in 1903 with the junction, was on the north side of the junction. On opening it replaced the original Lugton station signal box.

The box closed in 1929 when it, along with Lugton Junction box, was replaced by a new box at the east end of the station.

The junction remained open until 1964.

Junction

Nearby stations Lugton Lugton High Uplawmoor [2nd] Uplawmoor [1st] Dunlop Barrmill Giffen Neilston Low Neilston [1st] Stewarton Neilston Beith Town Lochwinnoch Howwood Beith North	Lugton East Sidings Lugton East Junction Lugton Junction Lugton Turntable Caldwell Ironstone Mine No 2 Waterland Sidings Gree Viaduct Gree Siding Shillford Quarry Shilford Summit Giffen Quarry Giffenmill Siding Barrmill Junction Giffenmill Quarry Dockra Ironstone Pit No 1
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

/ /1897	Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Connection between Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway (Lugton L and A Junction) and Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway (Lugton East Junction) authorised.
/ /1897	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Giffen Junction to Newton, Lugton L and A Junction, Clarkston West Junction to Clarkston East Junction, Muirend to Clarkston East Junction, Kirkhill Junction to Newton, Kirkhill Junction to Westburn Junction, Cathcart West Junction to Cathcart, two single track Cathcart East Junction to Cathcart North Junction links. Railways 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 authorised to be made by the Caledonian Railway.
20/09/1903	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Lugton East Junction to Lugton L and A Junction opened. This was an interchange spur but also allowed trains to run from Glasgow to Kilmarnock via Neilston as far as Lugton on a wholly Caledonian Railway only owned route.
14/12/1964	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Lugton L and A Junction (on the Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway) to Uplawmoor [1st] closed to all traffic (Lugton East Sidings were used to round Uplawmoor [1st] trains).