Parkhead Junction [CR]
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Parkhead Junction [CR] (1886-1962)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the The Switchback (Caledonian Railway).Description
This junction was controlled by Parkhead Iron Works signal box, the box and sidings associated with the Parkhead Forge opening with the line.
The signal box was on the south/east side of the line and sidings approached from the south.
The original connection into the works ran north east, at first parallel with the main line, to meet the North British Railway's connection into the works. There were exchange sidings laid parallel to the main line in the 'V' of the junction.
A later connection was laid from a second point just south west of the original. This ran east into the works.
The box closed in 1962. The line closed in 1964.
Nothing now remains here. The site is a road and car park.
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Junction
| Nearby stations Parkhead North Duke Street London Road [Glasgow] Parkhead Stadium Alexandra Parade Bellgrove Bridgeton Bridgeton [2nd] Bridgeton [1st] Gallowgate Central Dalmarnock Bridgeton Goods Carntyne Glasgow Green Garngad | Netherfield Chemical Works Vinegarhill Switchback Railway Parkhead Forge Camlachie Foundry Camlachie Chemical Works Alma Boiler Works Parkhead North Goods Haghill Destructor Camlachie Goods Yard Whitevale Chemical Works Camlachie Foundry [Duncan McArthur] Mountblue Engineering Works Mountblue Pottery Tourist/other Camlachie Signal Box Loch Katrine Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
