Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway

Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway

This line is closed, save for sections between Neilston and Cathcart (used by electric passenger trains), Cathcart and Newton (used by electric passenger trains and diverted trains), a siding north of Lugton (occasionally used by fertiliser freight trains), Lugton to RNAD Beith (used to deliver Government supplies to and from the site; the line has not been used for some time) and sidings at Stevenston (for the Stevenston and Ardeer works; these sidings are now out of use).

Much of the closed length of the line remains walkable. A pipeline has been laid buried in the trackbed at Uplawmoor. Many of the works associated with the line were built in concrete and remain intact.

The line was a protege of the Caledonian Railway.

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Neilston station (before building demolition).

Local area

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This run runs from the east of southern Glasgow (at Newton where there was a steelworks) to the west of southern Glasgow (Cathcart to Whitecraigs) and on through the countryside to Ardrossan and Irvine. There were mines, ironworks and harbours around Ardrossan, Saltcoats, Stevenston and Irvine.

Chronology

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Description of route

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From Newton to Ardrossan with a branch from Kilwinning to Irvine. The line was double track.

Newton West Junction

(Clydesdale Junction Railway)

Kirkhill Junction

(Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway)

Kirkhill

Burnside

Cathcart East Junction