Ramsey Place Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Ramsey Place Junction (1876-1952)Opened on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway.
Description
This was the junction for Dumfries Goods. It was located on the slow lines between Pleasance Junction (to the west) and Noblehill Junction (east). Approach was from the east.
To the west the slow lines formed the Up reception siding and Down departure siding. To the east were the Up departure siding, headshunt (approached from the goods yard), Down reception, and Eastfield siding.
A signal box, dating from 1876, was on th south side of the junction. This became Dumfries No 3 box when the Dumfries boxes were numbered.
The box closed in 1952, during the resignalling which ultimately led to Dumfries Station box in 1957 and Dumfries South at Noblehill Junction in 1955. A ground frame replaced the box.
A minimal version of the goods yard and junction remain today.
Tags
Junction
| Nearby stations Dumfries [1st] Dumfries [2nd] Dumfries Maxwelltown Heathhall Halt Locharbriggs Racks Holywood [2nd] Holywood [1st] Amisfield Irongray Lochanhead Shieldhill Newtonairds Killywhan | Pleasance Junction Dumfries Goods Dumfries Shed Dumfries Goods [CR] Noblehill Junction Dumfries Gas Works Dumfries St Mary^s Shed [CR] Lockerbie Junction Dumfries Goods Junction Maxwelltown Goods Junction Palmerston Foundry Nith Viaduct Tourist/other Station Hotel Dumfries Robert Burns House Peter Pan Moat Brae |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1849 | Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Extended from Dumfries Ramsey Place Junction to Closeburn. Stations at Dumfries [2nd], Killylung, Auldgirth and Closeburn. |
Books
 An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways |  Carlisle To Beattock: including the Dumfries Branch (Scottish Main Lines) |  The Glasgow & South Western Railway a History |
