Perceton Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Perceton Junction (1848-1939)Opened on the Busbie Branch (Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway).
Description
This 1848 junction was just east of Capringstone Bridge and was for a branch which ran north to Capringstone Coal Pit No 7 and Perceton Fireclay Works. The branch made a trailing connection to the eastbound line. Just to the west was a second siding, for Capringstone Coal Pit No 8, also on the north side and approached from the east.
A signal box opened to the south of the junction in 1879.
The box burned down in 1937 and was replaced with a ground frame until the Second World War.
The main line closed to passengers in 1964 and completely in 1965. It is now a footpath. The footpath takes a meandering route west of the junction site to the Capringstone Bridge and is possibly even less direct to the east before regaining the trackbed.
Tags
Junction footpathExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Dreghorn Springside Drybridge Cunninghamhead Irvine Bank Street Gatehead Crosshouse Irvine Bogside Moor Halt Gailes Montgreenan Bogside Kilmaurs Dirrans Snodgrass Platform | Capringstone Coal Pit No 8 Capringstone Coal Pit No 7 Bourtreehill Fire Clay Works Springside Brick Works Perceton Coal Pit No 3 Springside Colliery No 11 Pit Perceton Colliery No 16 Pit Springside Colliery No 10 Pit Perceton Coal Pit No 1 Broomlands Mine Springside Colliery No 9 Pit Colliery Warwickhill Colliery (No 4 Pit) Perceton Fire Clay Works Perceton coal Pit No 17 |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
