Moorepark Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Moorepark Junction (1868-1972)Opened on the Govan Branch (Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway).
Description
This was the originally northern apex of a triangular junction at the south end of the Govan branch allowing trains to enter the branch from either west (Paisley direction, Craigton Junction) or east (Glasgow direction, Ibrox Junction). The west to north and east to north curves were double track.
Craigton Junction was taken out in 1884, when the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway was being quadrupled. Following this the north to west curve was a pair of sidings and, after it's opening in 1930, these gave access to the Govan Destructor, a refuse destructor.
The signal box was on the west side of the line, north of the junction. It also controlled access to the North British Tube Works (east) and Moorepark Boiler Works (west).
The box closed in 1933, the whole line north of Ibrox Junction going over to yard working. (It had closed to passengers in 1921. This ceased to be a junction in 1970 when the whole Govan branch closed.
Tags
Junction| Nearby stations Ibrox Excursion Platforms Ibrox [Govan Platforms] Ibrox Ibrox [Subway] Govan Govan [Subway] Cessnock [Subway] Dumbreck Bellahouston [2nd] Bellahouston Park Halt Cardonald Yorkhill Kinning Park [Subway] Partick West Merkland Street [Subway] | North British Tube Works Broomload Tarpaulin Works Moore Park Boiler Works Broomloan Tarpaulin Works Edmiston Drive Depot [Subway] Gourock Rope Works [Glasgow] British Polar Diesel Engine Works Cessnock Dock Branch Junction Ladywell Wire Works Broomloan Shipyard Plantation Boiler Works Govan Shed Govan Destructor Ibrox Junction Tourist/other Ibrox Stadium |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
| Moorepark House was located a little to the north of the junction and predated the Govan branch and survived its opening for years. |
Books
 An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways |
