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Westerton Junction

Location type

Junction

Names and dates

Milngavie Junction (1863-1989)
Westerton Junction (1989-)

Where: East Dunbartonshire
Opened on the Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway.
Opened on the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway.

Description

This junction is immediately west of Westerton station. Here trains leaving Glasgow divide between the line west and the Milngavie branch.

The goods yard here ran off the branch and is now the station car park.

A signal box was in the 'V' of the junction, in line and on the north side of the Helensburgh line.

The original signal box (marked 'Signalman's Box' on the 1893 publication of the 1857-1860 survey) was on the north side of the junction. After leaving the junction the Milngavie line dropped to a single track. A short siding ran from the point of singling back to the 'V' of the junction.

The box was replaced in 1900 when the Milngavie line was doubled.

The box was renamed from 'Milngavie Junction' to 'Westerton' in 1959.

The box closed in 1990 for the Yoker Signalling Centre. The Milngavie line was singled and the junction converted into a single lead junction. In preparation for this the trailing crossover to the east of the junction had been replaced with a facing crossover earlier in the year.

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map

Nearby stations Westerton Bearsden Drumchapel Hillfoot Anniesland Kelvindale Maryhill Scotstounhill Scotstoun Show Yard Garscadden Jordanhill Dawsholm Maryhill [Temporary] Summerston Kelvinside	Lock 28 [FCC] Lock 29 [FCC] Lock 30 [FCC] Knightswood North Junction Garscube Quarry Cowdenhill Western Colliery Knightswood Brick Works Lock 31 [FCC] Lock 32 [FCC] Knightswood Colliery Netherton Rubber Works Drumchapel Colliery Garscube Iron Works Blairdardie Colliery Tourist/other St Germains Loch
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

28/08/1863	Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway Line opened as a single track. Stations at; Bearsden, Milngavie. The line ran from Milngavie to Milngavie Junction (later renamed Westerton Junction) with trains continuing to Glasgow Queen Street High Level until the Glasgow City and District Railway opened after which trains started to serve Glasgow Queen Street Low Level.
24/04/1900	Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway The line was doubled from Milngavie Junction to Milngavie.
/ /1992	Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway Line singled from Milngavie Junction to just west of Bearsden and from just east of Hillfoot station to just south of Milngavie station.