[Downfield Junction]
Location type
JunctionName and dates
[Downfield Junction]Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Dundee and Newtyle Deviations (Dundee and Perth Railway).Opened on the Dundee and Newtyle Railway.
Description
This was not a true junction, but exists in the Act for the Lochee deviation. It is where the original course of the Dundee and Newtyle Railway was met by the Lochee deviation which avoided the Law Tunnel and Law Incline. A connection here would probably be used to deliver materials for the latter and to remove materials from the former on closure. The embankment of the original route remained for many years and could be seen from its replacement.
When the Kingsway West dual carriageway was built the Lochee deviation crossed it by means of a single track two span viaduct. The original course, not surprisingly, was cleared.
| Nearby stations Baldovan and Downfield Crossroads Offset at Back of Law Lochee Baldragon Lochee West Dundee Ward Road Dundee Trades Lane Dundee East Dundee West Dundee Magdalen Green Roodyards Dundee Esplanade Liff | Kingsway [Tram] Engineering Works Kings Cross Bakery Fairmuir Junction Stobsmuir Junction Fairmuir [Tram] Downfield [Tram] Fairmuir Goods Kingsway West Siding Clepington Road [Tram] Baldovan Industrial School Siding Offset at Back of Law Workshops Camperdown Jute and Hemp Works Law Tunnel |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
