Possil Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Possil Junction (1894-1965)Opened on the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway.
Opened on the Hamiltonhill Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This was the junction between the Hamiltonhill Branch (Caledonian Railway) and the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway. This was a double track junction.
Ashfield Road crosses over the former junction site. When the lines were built a road bridge was prepared over the line but it carried no road at first.
There was a signal box on the south side of the junction and a trailing crossover east of the junction. The box opened with the junction.
The box closed in 1934 and was replaced with a ground frame. The branch was singled, only the westbound line being retained.
The Hamiltonhill Branch (Caledonian Railway) ran south west from the junction in a cutting which has been filled in. The route of the line west to Possil and east over the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway remains unused and very overgrown.
Tags
Junction03/08/2020
| Nearby stations Ashfield Eastfield Platform Possilpark and Parkhouse Possilpark (Private) Possil North Cowlairs Springburn Bishopbriggs Lochburn Barnhill St Rollox [2nd] Gilshochill Maryhill Central Glasgow (Townhead) St Georges Cross [Subway] | Ironstone Pit Ironstone Pit Eastfield Viaduct Cowlairs North Junction Cowlairs East Junction Eastfield TMD Clydesdale Iron Works [Possil Park] Cowlairs Panel Box Saracen Foundry Cowlairs West Junction Ironstone Pit Eastfield Tip Possilpark Goods Cowlairs Shed Tourist/other Possil House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 26/11/1894 | Hamiltonhill Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway
Glasgow Central Railway Balornock Junction to Possil Junction, Maryhill [CR] and Stobcross (L&D railway no 4) opened to minerals and goods. This gave the Caledonian Railway an independent line to the Queens Dock lines. |
