Thirdpart Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Thirdpart Junction (1902-1938)

Opened on the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway.
Opened on the Thirdpart Junction to Mayfield Junction (Glasgow and South Western Railway).

Description

This junction was located between Kilmarnock and the former station at Gatehead. A box opened here in 1900 and a line opened eastwards to Mayfield Junction in 1902. This was a double track junction. The box was on the south side of the line.

North of the junction was a goods line which began further west at Fairlie Junction and ran parallel and to the north of the main line to Thirdpart Junction where it turned north to serve collieries.

Initially there was no connection between the northern branch and the main line here.

The signal box closed in 1938 when the line east to Mayfield Junction was largely closed - it was removed between Thirdpart Junction and near Riccarton Signal Box.

A siding, using the route of the former branch to the north, served the Moorfield Industrial Estate via a headshunt off the eastbound line.

Tags

Junction

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
01/09/2019



Nearby stations
Gatehead
Riccarton and Craigie
Kilmarnock (St Marnocks)
Kilmarnock [1st]
Kilmarnock
Crosshouse
Springside
Drybridge
Kilmaurs
Hurlford
Dreghorn
Barleith Halt
Cunninghamhead
Gailes
Irvine Bank Street
Thirdpart Siding
Mount Colliery
Fairlie Junction
Colliery
Gargieston Shed
Farmfield Pit
Gatehead Colliery Coal Pit
Caprington Junction
St Marnocks Junction
Gatehead Colliery Coal Pit
Fairlie Colliery
Milton Lye
Tourist/other
Caprington Castle
Riccarton Signal Box
Crosshouse Hospital
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

  /  /1902Thirdpart Junction to Mayfield Junction (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Thirdpart Junction (Kilmarnock and Troon Railway) to Mayfield Junction (Galston Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway)) opened to goods and minerals.
  /  /1938Thirdpart Junction to Mayfield Junction (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Thirdpart Junction (excluded) to Riccarton and Craigie (excluded) closed. Bellfield Junction (excluded) to Mayfield Junction (excluded) closed.

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Britains Historic Railway Buildings: A Gazetteer of Structures and Sites

Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: An Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites

National Series of Waterway, Tramway and Railway Atlases: Ayrshire v. 1h

Origins of the Scottish Railway System 1722-1844

The Oxford Companion to British Railway History: From 1603 to the 1990s

THE RAILWAY HERITAGE OF BRITAIN: 150 YEARS OF RAILWAY ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING.