West Street Junction [CR]
Location type
JunctionName and dates
West Street Junction [CR] (1849-1971)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway.Opened on the Polloc and Govan Railway.
Description
This junction was between the Polloc and Govan Railway's Windmillcroft Quay line (1840) and the General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway (1849). The facilities at General Terminus were superior to those at Windmillcroft Quay, which it replaced entirely in 1867.
The signal box was in the 'V' of the junction. The West Street Goods depot was to the west. The box was replaced in 1908 along with another box in the mineral depot.
The new box closed in 1972, replaced by the Glasgow Central Signalling Centre.
The line remains open, but the Port Eglinton Basin line, the Windmillcroft Quay line and West Street Mineral Depot are all closed, the location is no longer a junction.
The line runs at a lower level than the surrounding passenger lines and is known as the 'Burma Road'.
Tags
Junction10/03/2021
| Nearby stations Eglinton Street Cumberland Street South Side [GB and NDR] Gushetfaulds South Side [CR] West Street Pollokshields East West Street [Subway] Main Street Gorbals Gorbals Bridge Street [Subway] Shields Shields Road [CGU] Shields Road [GPJ] Shields Road [Subway] | West Street Tunnel Etna Foundry Eglinton Street Tunnels Eglinton Street Shed Tradeston Gas Works South Side Carriage Shed Tradeston Gasworks No 3 Larkfield Carriage Sidings Tradeston Destructor West Street Goods Langside Junction Muirhouse Engineering Works Eglinton Street Junction Larkfield Junction Tradeston Gas Works Exchange Sidings |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
