Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway

Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Locale Scotland Dates of operation 13 August 1869 – 28 October 1880 Predecessor line Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Successor line Glasgow and South Western Railway and Caledonian Railway Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Legend
City of Glasgow Union Railway Gorbals South Side Polloc and Govan Railway To Glasgow Central General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway Pollokshields East (CDR) Cathcart District Railway Pollokshields West (CDR) Strathbungo Maxwell Park (CDR) Crossmyloof Cathcart District Railway Pollockshaws West Busby Railway Kennishead Thornliebank Goods Priesthill and Darnley Nitshill G&SW Barrhead Branch Paisley and Barrhead District Railway Barrhead (New) Barrhead Central (G&SW Barrhead Branch) Barrhead Paisley and Barrhead District Railway Neilston Caldwell Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Lugton North and East Junctions Lugton (L&AR) Lugton Lugton South Junction Giffen North Junction Barrmill Beith Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Dunlop Stewarton Kilmaurs Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Kilmarnock and Troon Railway Kilmarnock (GPK&AR) Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway

The Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway was a railway co-owned by Caledonian Railway and Glasgow and South Western Railway and was an amalgation of two different lines: the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway and the Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway 1.2 Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway 2 Connections to other lines 3 Current operations 4 Sources

History

Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway

The Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway was first opened on 29 September 1848 and within three years was absorbed into the Caledonian Railway company. This line ran between Southside and Neilston.

Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway

As a result of Caledonian Railway wanting to extend the Neilston branch and Glasgow and South Western Railway wanting to build a more directly line from Glasgow to Kilmarnock (rather than the existing line on the former Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway), this joint line was built by both companies in partnership. The line opened on 27 March 1871. There was also a branch to Beith opened at the same time.

When the joint line was opened the existing Neilston line also became the joint ownership of the two companies, and so the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Line was formed.

Connections to other lines

• City of Glasgow Union Railway at Gorbals Junction
• General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway at Muirhouse Central Junction
• Cathcart District Railway at Muirhouse Central Junction
• Busby Railway at Busby Junction
• Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway at Kilmarnock
• Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway at Barrmill and Lugton

Current operations

Today the line from Glasgow to Kilmarnock is still open as part of the Glasgow South Western Line, however several stations are now closed. The track between Barrhead and Kilmarnock was singled as part of the rationalisation of the Glasgow South Western Line in the mid 1970s following the electrification of the West Coast Main Line, with a passing loop being retained at Lugton. In 2009 the section between Stewarton and Lugton was redoubled as part of capacity improvements between Glasgow and Kilmarnock.

Part of the former main line from Strathbungo towards Gorbals Junction and St Enoch has also been retained for freight traffic and occasional passenger traffic, via the link to the Polloc and Govan Railway at Langside Junction (on the WCML) and used mainly by oil trains to and from a fuel oil depot near Kilmarnock.

The line to Beith closed to passengers on 5 November 1962 and to freight two years later. The line to Beith is still in existence as far as Barrmill, where it heads south along the route of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway until it reaches DM Beith. This track is also singled and has been disused for several years.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5. 

• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway
• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway

Historical Scottish railway companies Primary companies Caledonian Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Great North of Scotland Railway Highland Railway North British Railway Caledonian Railway Aberdeen Railway Alloa Railway Alyth Arbroath and Forfar Busby Railway Cathcart District Clydesdale Junction Crieff Junction Crieff and Comrie Crieff and Methven Junction Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Dunblane, Doune and Callander Dundee and Perth Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Forfar and Brechin General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Glasgow and Garnkirk Glasgow Central Railway Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Greenock and Wemyss Bay Hamilton and Strathaven Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Leadhills and Wanlockhead Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Paisley and Barrhead District Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Polloc and Govan Rutherglen and Coatbridge Scottish Central Scottish Midland Junction Scottish North Eastern Solway Junction Symington, Biggar and Broughton Talla Railway Wishaw and Coltness Lines built by the Caledonian Railway CR Cleland and Midcalder CR Main Line CR Douglas Branch CR Hamilton Branch CR Hamiltonhill Branch CR The Switchback Independent lines worked by the Caledonian Railway Callander and Oban Killin Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Ardrossan Railway Ardrossan and Johnstone Ayr and Dalmellington Ayr and Maybole Junction Ayr to Mauchline Ayrshire and Wigtownshire Barrhead Branch Bridge of Weir Railway Cairn Valley Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Castle Douglas and Dumfries Dalry and North Johnstone Darvel Branch Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Greenock and Ayrshire Kilmarnock and Troon Largs Branch Maidens and Dunure Maybole and Girvan Paisley and Renfrew Paisley Canal Line Great North of Scotland Railway Aberdeen and Turriff Aboyne and Braemar Alford Valley Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Boddam Branch Deeside Railway Denburn Valley Formartine and Buchan Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Keith and Dufftown Moray Coast Morayshire Railway St Combs Light Railway Strathspey Railway Highland Railway Buckie and Portessie Branch Dingwall and Skye Duke of Sutherland Findhorn Railway Fortrose Branch Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Inverness and Aviemore Direct Inverness and Nairn Inverness and Perth Junction Inverness and Ross-shire Kyle of Lochalsh Extension Perth and Dunkeld Sutherland and Caithness Sutherland Railway Independent lines worked by the Highland Railway Dornoch Light Railway Wick and Lybster Light Railway North British Railway Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Ballochney Bathgate and Coatbridge Blane Valley Border Counties Railway Border Union Railway Campsie Branch Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company Coatbridge Branch Dunfermline and Queensferry Edinburgh and Bathgate Edinburgh and Dalkeith Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh and Hawick Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Forth and Clyde Junction Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Glasgow City and District Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Kelvin Valley Railway Kirkcaldy and District Railway Kincardine Line Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton Monkland and Kirkintilloch Monkland Railways Mallaig Extension NBR North Berwick Branch North British, Arbroath and Montrose Stirling and Dunfermline Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Slamannan Slamannan and Borrowstounness West Highland Railway Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Joint lines Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction City Union Dundee and Arbroath Darvel and Strathaven Glasgow and Paisley Joint Glasgow and Renfrew District Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Other lines Brechin and Edzell District Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway Denburn Valley Line Dundee and Arbroath Invergarry and Fort Augustus Lochaber Narrow Gauge Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway

Constituent railway companies of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Constituent companies Caledonian Railway Furness Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Highland Railway Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway London and North Western Railway Midland Railway North Staffordshire Railway Subsidiary companies Arbroath and Forfar Railway Brechin and Edzell District Railway Callander and Oban Railway Cathcart District Railway Charnwood Forest Railway Cleator and Workington Junction Railway Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway Dearne Valley Railway Dornoch Light Railway Dundee and Newtyle Railway Harborne Railway Killin Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Knott End Railway Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway Maryport and Carlisle Railway Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway North and South Western Junction Railway North London Railway Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company Solway Junction Railway Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway Wick and Lybster Light Railway Wirral Railway Yorkshire Dales Railway Former joint railways Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway Citadel Station Joint Committee Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Furness and Midland Joint Railway Goods Traffic Committee Lancashire Union Railway North Union Railway Preston and Longridge Railway Preston and Wyre Joint Railway Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway (Full list of constituents)