RAILSCOT | Barrmill Junction

Junction

Barrmill Junction (1888-1929)
Barrmill Junction (1950-1964)

Opened on the Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.
Opened on the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

The Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway line, opened 1888, started from here from the Beith Town branch of the Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway of 1873 and ran south west to Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier. The junction was immediately east of Barrmill station.

The line from Barrmill to Glasgow was jointly owned. (The Caledonian Railway was to, in 1908, open a further Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway line from Giffen Junction to Newton which would be completely under their control.

This was a double track junction with a signal box, also opened 1888, in the 'V' of the junction.

Surprisingly the London, Midland and Scottish Railway chose to keep the Giffen Junction to Lugton East Junction in preference to Giffen Junction to Barrmill Junction which closed in 1929. The signal box closed. The line to Barrmill and Beith Town remained open.

British Railways reversed the decision in 1950. The Giffen Junction to Lugton East Junction portion closing and Giffen Junction to Barrmill Junction reopening, as a single track line.

The route west to Beith Town closed in 1964.

The line south of Giffen closed in 1953, this part retained for access to RNAD Giffen (MOD).

South to RNAD Giffen (MOD) and north to Lugton Junction is long out of use, falling out of regular use around 1994/95. It was last used about 2000 for a train evacuation practice.

/ /1888	Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Authorisation to double the Lugton to Beith [Town] branch. (Lugton Junction to Barrmill Junction required doubling for the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.)
03/09/1888	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Opened from Barrmill Junction to Ardrossan [CR]. Stations at Auchenmade, Kilwinning [CR], Saltcoats [CR], Stevenston [Moorpark] and Ardrossan [CR]. (Alternative date 04/09/1888.)
01/05/1903	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway With an independent route now established, Barrmill Junction to Giffen Junction was closed.
/02/1929	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Barrmill Junction and Giffen Junction signal boxes closed.
/ /1930	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Track between Barrmill Junction and Giffen Junction lifted.
17/12/1950	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Barrmill Junction to Giffen Junction re-opened.
05/10/1964	Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Beith Town to Barrmill Junction (excluded) closed to freight.

Nearby stations Barrmill Giffen Beith Town Brackenhills Auchenmade Dunlop Lugton Lugton High Beith North Glengarnock Glengarnock High Kilbirnie [2nd] Kilbirnie (South) Lochwinnoch Uplawmoor [2nd]	Giffenmill Siding Dockra Ironstone Pit No 1 Giffenmill Viaduct Giffenmill Quarry Giffen Junction Round Hill Limekiln Giffen Quarry Round Hill Quarry Barr Colliery Pit No 1 Dockra Quarry Barr Colliery Pit No 2 Hillhead Quarry Kilbirnie Junction Gree Siding Tourist/other DSDA Beith
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.