Muirkirk Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Muirkirk Junction (1848-1976)Opened on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.
Opened on the Muirkirk Branch (Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway).
Description
This junction was immediately east of Auchinleck station between the lines to Muirkirk and the main line from Glasgow St Enoch to Carlisle. Muirkirk Junction Shed was located in the 'v' of the junction. The Muirkirk branch singled shortly after the junction, with initially only the westbound line laid.
Tags
Junction11/05/2020
| Nearby stations Auchinleck Commondyke Dumfries House Cumnock [2nd] Cumnock [1st] Skares Lugar Catrine Ochiltree Cronberry Cairntable Halt Mauchline Sinclairston (Private) Mossgiel Tunnel Platform New Cumnock | Muirkirk Junction Shed Highhouse Colliery Gilmilnscroft Junction Quarry Coal Pit Coal Pit Coal Pit Gilmilnscroft Colliery Pit No 2 Blackston Colliery Gilmilnscroft Colliery Pit No 3 Gilmilnscroft Colliery Pit No 4 Blackstone Branch Junction Barglachan Colliery Gilmilnscroft Colliery Pit No 1 Tourist/other Dumfries House [House] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
