Garnqueen North Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Garnqueen North Junction (1866-)

Station code: GNJ National Rail
Opened on the Caledonian Railway.
Opened on the Hayhill Branch (Caledonian Railway).

Description

This is a double track junction where the former Caledonian Railway lines from Glasgow and the south meet and continue north to Stirling and beyond.

The junction was formed in 1866 when the Hayhill Branch (Caledonian Railway) was opened from Gartcosh Junction to meet the 1848 Caledonian Railway. Prior to the opening of the Hayhill Branch trains from Glasgow reversed in Coatbridge before continuing north or departed from Glasgow Queen Street High Level.

Glenboig station was opened at the junction in 1879.

The signal box was on the north/west side of the line. Beyond the station, to the north east, was a connection to the Star Fire Clay Works (later Glenboig Brick Works) and the start of loops which ran north east to Greenfoot Level Crossing.

The signal box was closed in 1999. The junction remains open and is now electrified.

Tags

Junction




News items

07/08/2021Scotland Weather: Speed restrictions on Scottish trains due to heavy rain across the country [Scotsman]

Books


An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Bradshaw's Guides Scotlands Railways West Coast - Carlisle to Inverness: 5

Caledonian Dunalastairs and Associated Classes (Locomotive Monograph)

Caledonian in LMS Days (Railways in Retrospect)

Caledonian Railway

Caledonian Railway Carriages

Caledonian Railway Livery: The True Line Elegance and Style

Caledonian Railway Wagons & Non-Passenger Coaching Stock

Caledonian Routes 3: Stirling to Crianlarich - DVD - Oakwood Press

Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History)

Callander & Oban Railway Through Time

Callander and Oban Railway (Library of Railway History)

Carlisle To Beattock: including the Dumfries Branch (Scottish Main Lines)

Carlisle to Hawick: The Waverley Route (Scml)

Signalling the Caledonian Railway

The Caledonian Railway 'jumbos' the 18in. X 26in. 0-6-0s

The Caledonian, Scotland's Imperial Railway: A History

The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos)

Through Scotland with the Caledonian Railway

Vanished Railways of West Lothian