Burnfoot Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Burnfoot Signal Box (-1932)Opened on the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway.
Description
This signal box was on the portion of line between Barassie Junction and Templehill Junction on the route opened re-opened in 1846 as a standard gauge line replacing the old 1812 Kilmarnock and Troon Railway approach to Troon Harbour Goods.
The box was on the west side of the line at the south end of loops, on either side, which started at Barassie Junction. Both loops had weighing machines.
The box closed in 1932 and the approach to the harbour in 1973.
Today the trackbed is out of use but directly alongside to the east the Troon loop of 1892 remains open. A footbridge cfosses over the disused trackbed and open line directly to the north of the box site.
Tags
Signal box
| Nearby stations Troon [2nd] Barassie Troon Troon Harbour Gailes Monkton Prestwick International Airport Drybridge Prestwick Town Irvine Dreghorn Irvine Bank Street Gatehead Springside Bogside | Barassie Carriage and Wagon Works Barassie PW Depot Barassie Junction Templehill Junction Troon Junction West of Scotland Shipbreaking Yard Troon Harbour Shed Troon Shipbuilding Yard Troon Harbour Goods Lochgreen Junction Hillhouse Quarry Meadowhead Paper Mill Shewalton Tip Slough of Despond Tourist/other Shewalton Moss Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
