Moorepark Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Moorepark Junction (1868-1972)

Opened on the Govan Branch (Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway).

Description

This was the originally northern apex of a triangular junction at the south end of the Govan branch allowing trains to enter the branch from either west (Paisley direction, Craigton Junction) or east (Glasgow direction, Ibrox Junction). The west to north and east to north curves were double track.

Craigton Junction was taken out in 1884, when the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway was being quadrupled. Following this the north to west curve was a pair of sidings and, after it's opening in 1930, these gave access to the Govan Destructor, a refuse destructor.

The signal box was on the west side of the line, north of the junction. It also controlled access to the North British Tube Works (east) and Moorepark Boiler Works (west).

The box closed in 1933, the whole line north of Ibrox Junction going over to yard working. (It had closed to passengers in 1921. This ceased to be a junction in 1970 when the whole Govan branch closed.

Tags

Junction

Nearby stations
Ibrox Excursion Platforms
Ibrox [Govan Platforms]
Ibrox
Ibrox [Subway]
Govan
Govan [Subway]
Cessnock [Subway]
Dumbreck
Bellahouston [2nd]
Bellahouston Park Halt
Cardonald
Yorkhill
Kinning Park [Subway]
Partick West
Merkland Street [Subway]
North British Tube Works
Broomload Tarpaulin Works
Moore Park Boiler Works
Broomloan Tarpaulin Works
Edmiston Drive Depot [Subway]
Gourock Rope Works [Glasgow]
British Polar Diesel Engine Works
Cessnock Dock Branch Junction
Ladywell Wire Works
Broomloan Shipyard
Plantation Boiler Works
Govan Shed
Govan Destructor
Ibrox Junction
Tourist/other
Ibrox Stadium
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Moorepark House was located a little to the north of the junction and predated the Govan branch and survived its opening for years.


Books


An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways