Silvermuir Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Silvermuir Junction (1864-1968)Opened on the Caledonian Railway.
Opened on the Lanark Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This junction was the eastern apex of a triangular junction. Also known as Silvermuir East Junction or Silvermuir Junction East. The other junctions were Cleghorn Junction, to the west, and Silvermuir South Junction, to the south.
The curve opened for the opening of the Douglas Branch (Caledonian Railway) in 1864, an extension of the Lanark branch.
The original signal box was on the north side of the junction.
The box was replaced in 1934, as were all three junction boxes, with a single single box called Lanark Junction. This was set back but within the 'V' of the junction.
The Silvermuir South Junction to Silvermuir Junction curve closed in 1968.
The Lanark Junction box closed in 1973, replaced by the Motherwell Signalling Centre.
Tags
JunctionAliases
Silvermuir East Junction Silvermuir Junction East09/08/2019
| Nearby stations Cleghorn Lanark Racecourse Lanark Carstairs Carnwath Bankhead [Lanarkshire] Sandilands [Lanarkshire] Braidwood Thankerton Carluke Ponfeigh Wilsontown Newbigging [Lanarkshire] Brocketsbrae Tillietudlem | Silvermuir Siding Silvermuir South Junction Lanark Junction Ravenstruther Sand Pit Carstairs Sand Pit Signal Box Caledonian Mineral Oil Works Carstairs Mains Cleghorn Terra-Cotta Works Smyllum East Junction Carstairs Sand Pit Tourist/other Carstairs Castle Montieth House Carstairs No 1 Signal Box Lanark Race Course |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1860 | Douglas Branch (Caledonian Railway) Line authorised: Smyllum Junction (Lanark) to Douglas. Smyllum Curve (Douglas Junction East to Douglas Junction South) and Silvermuir Curve (Silvermuir Junction to Silvermuir South Junction) also authorised. |
