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Glasgow, Barrhead & Kilmarnock Joint Railway (CR, GSWR)
Signal Fact 74
In 1875 the Royal Commission on Railway Safety recommended introduction the the block system on lines where passengers were conveyed and that points and signals be worked from an interlocked lever frame.
Sadly, this was not compulsory until 1889.
This page should be regarded as “Work in Progress”. The webmaster will welcome additional information for this page.
In the list below the information is set out in tabular form, spread over four columns. The column entries are -
| RailRef | The Line Code used in RailRef system. |
| Line Detail | The principal locations included within the Line Code. They are arranged in 'down' direction order. Locations shown are primarily stations and junctions to allow easy cross check against published atlases. Signal box names appear in italics where these are 'intermediate' to stations or have been shown to facilitate links from other pages on this web site. The inclusion of a station or junction name does not imply that there was always a signal box of that same name! |
| SBR | The section reference used in the relevant Signal Box Register published by the Society. |
| ELR | The corresponding Engineer's Line Reference(s). This will be blank for railways that never came within British Railways terms of reference. It will also be blank where British Railways had no surviving responsibility for infrastructure at the time the ELR system came into use. |
| RailRef | Line Detail | SBR | ELR |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB001 CA330 GS100 Opened (A) Part Closed (B) |
Kilmarnock - Gorbals Junction
23m39c Kilmarnock Junction GS050(1) A spur just south of the point where the GB&K and Caledonian cross over and leading to CA310 is shown by Cobb as opening "1930?". The connecting spur is not shown in Leigh Crowther's National Atlas. Inspection of Google Maps shows no evidence of the earthworks that would have been needed although the routes of GBK and CA310 are quite clear. (A) Opened: Kilmarnock - Stewarton 1873, Stewarton - Brrhead 1871, Barrhead - Glasgow South Side 1848, South Side - Langside 1877, Langside - Gorbals Junction 1876. (B) Closed: Langside - Gorbals Junction 1973. GBK Kilmarnock GB&K Junction to Strathbungo 1m19c LFS2 Strathbungo to Langside Junction GBA Strathbungo to Gorbals Junction GIF1 was 19c of the former down line between Lugton Junction and Lugton SB after singling of the line. It reverted to GBK with the opening of the new Lugton Loop in 2009. |
GBA GIF1 LFS2 GBK |
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| GB002 CA331 GS101 |
Kilmarnock Goods
Kilmarnock Goods |
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| GB003 CA332 GS102 Opened 1873 Closed (B) |
Beith Branch
5m06c Beith (1)(1) later (BR) Beith Town (B) Closed: Beith - Barrmill 1964, Barrmill - Lugton Junction 1994. GIF2 Lugton Junction to Barrmill Junction LBB Barrmill Junction to Beith |
GIF2 LBB |
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| GB004 CA333 GS103 |
Victoria Pit Branch
0m00c Nitshill Junction GB001 |
VPB | |
| GB005 CA334 GS104 Opened 1848 Closed (B) |
Spiersbridge Branch
0m76c Spiersbridge Goods(B) Closed: Spiersbridge - Thornliebank 1941, Thornliebank - Kennishead 1960. |
SPE | |
| GB006 CA335 GS105 Opened 1848 Closed 1964 |
South Side Goods Branch
0m00c Langside Junction GB001 CA413 |
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