Barochan Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Barochan Junction (1937-1952)Opened on the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway.
Description
This junction was north of Georgetown station and south of Southbar Junction. The box at Southbar had burned down in 1934 and the box here replaced it. The box was on the east side of the line. Barochan Junction was named for Barochan House, moss and hill which are off to the west.
The box controlled a loop which ran north from Barrochan Junction to a slightly relocated to the north Southbar Junction where there was a yard before the rejoining the main line. Sidings from the south end of the yard ran to serve the southern part of the ROF Bishopton site. This was the former Great War period Georgetown Filling Factory site which was largely used for storage in the Second World War. Barrochan Junction was close to the site of the former Georgetown [NFF] station, built on a loop on the west side of the main line.
The signal box closed in 1952 around which time the connection to the main line was probably severed or replaced with a ground frame. It was removed by 1967 when the line was electrified.
Tags
JunctionExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
06/12/2021
| Nearby stations Georgetown [NFF] Georgetown Netherfield [Bishopton] South Crook Rockbank Bishopton Northbrae Paisley St James Sandyford Halt Dalmuir Riverside Houston Old Kilpatrick Dalmuir Elderslie South Renfrew | Georgetown Filling Factory Yard Southbar Junction Georgetown Filling Factory Southbar Siding (East) Blackstone Works Blackstone Junction Walkinshaw Brick Works [North] Walkinshaw Colliery No 2 Pit Inchinnan Airship Constructional Station India Tyres Middleton Siding [Linwood] The Nurseries [Middleton] Rashielee Quarry Walkinshaw Brick Works Boghead Ironstone Pit |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History) |
