Gartsherrie East Junction

Location type

Junction

Names and dates

Gartsherrie NB Junction (1848-1923)
Gartsherrie LNE Junction (1923-1948)
Gartsherrie East Junction (1948-1967)

Opened on the Caledonian Railway.
Opened on the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway.

Description

This former junction was formed between the 1826 Monkland and Kirktintilloch Railway and a short connection made by the 1848 Caledonian Railway which ran south crossing the 1831 Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway on the level en route and meeting its 1843 branch to Coatbridge Central at Garnqueen South Junction.

By following this branch, and its extensions, south the railway reached the Caledonian Railway again at Garriongill Junction and continued south to Carlisle.

Going north the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway was followed as far as Garnqueen South Junction from which the Caledonian Railway was reached again to continue north to Stirling and the north.

This short section between Gartsherrie East and Garnqueen South Junction was owned by the North British Railway (from 1865) but as it formed part of the Caledonian Railway's main line had restrictions placed on it, dating from the 1840s, on running mineral trains which could block expresses.

On the original M&K route, going south east from the junction, was its Gartsherrie [M and K] station where the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway met the M&K line. Gartgill Weighs were on the east side of the line, just to the south, with a connection to Gartsherrie Iron Works and the Weldless Chain Works on the west side. There were headshunts for the works in the 'V' of the junction between the M&K and Garnkirk lines.

The box controlled both the M&K and Caledonian junction and the M&K and Garnkirk junction.

The signal box was replaced in 1916. The new box was on the west side of the junction with the former Garnkirk/Caledonian railway level crossing just to the south. (Same location as the old box).

Gartsherrie Iron Works closed in 1967. Around this time the Gartsherrie East box suffered fire damage and although it remained open a short while it also closed in 1967 and the connection was taken out. A small yard Gunnie Yard [2nd] was to remain here, but was only accessed from Sunnyside Junction after Gartsherrie East Junction was taken out.

The main line remains open and is now electrified, including the 1826 portion of the M&K.

Tags

Junction

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
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NLS Map

Chronology Dates

07/10/1844Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Caledonian Railway
Agreement between the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway and Caledonian Railway about a connection at Gartsherrie NB Junction (later name) and another at Garnqueen South Junction for the Greenhill branch. The Caledonian would have running powers between the two locations,
07/08/1848Caledonian Railway
Castlecary Branch (Caledonian Railway) opened from Gartsherrie North Junction to Greenhill Lower Junction to meet the Scottish Central Railway. Short connection from Gartsherrie South Junction to Gartsherrie NB Junction opened. (The route included running power over a short section of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway between Gartsherrie NB Junction and Gartsherrie North Junction.)
  /  /1854Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Caledonian Railway
Agreement between the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway and Caledonian Railway regarding running over the M&K between Gartsherrie NB Junction (later name) and Garnqueen South Junction for the Greenhill branch.
07/10/1875Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
Agreement over tolls for use by the Caledonian Railway of the section between Gartsherrie NB Junction and Gartsherrie North Junction.
30/12/1907Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Caledonian Railway
Agreement between the North British Railway and the Caledonian Railway granting running powers in perpetuity between Gartsherrie NB Junction and Garnqueen South Junction.
  /  /1971Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
Gartsherrie East Junction closed, line between here and the north end of Gunnie Yard lifted.

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 Monkland & Kirkintilloch and associated railways
The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos)

Through Scotland with the Caledonian Railway

Vanished Railways of West Lothian