Possilpark Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Possilpark Junction (1879-1965)Opened on the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway.
Opened on the Ruchill Goods Branch (North British Railway).
Description
This was a double track junction between the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway (1858) and the Ruchill Goods Branch (North British Railway) (1879).
The branch was originally single track (the line dropping to a single track just west of the junction) but ground was taken for two lines. This was useful in later years when a second line was laid as a reversing spur for Possilpark Goods and the North Western Engineering Works, both of which were located south of Possilpark station.
The signal box was located at the west end of Possilpark station, on the north side of the line.
The branch closed in 1965 and the box was closed in 1977. The double track main railway remains open.
Tags
Junction| Nearby stations Possilpark (Private) Possil North Possilpark and Parkhouse Ashfield Lochburn Eastfield Platform Gilshochill Maryhill Central Cowlairs St Georges Cross [Subway] Summerston Kelvinbridge [Subway] Kirklee Kelvin Bridge Botanic Gardens | Possilpark Goods North Western Engineering Works Saracen Foundry Possil Old Quarries Ironstone Pit Clydesdale Iron Works [Possil Park] Lochburn Iron Works Western Saw Mills Lambhill Iron Works Lambhill Bridge Stables Lambhill Tunnels Tourist/other Ruchill Hospital Possil House Ruchill House Lochburn Quay |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
