Pleasance Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Pleasance JunctionOpened on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway.
Description
This junction was to the south of Dumfries station. It controlled, to the north, the division between the station (west) and Dumfries Shed (east) lines. To the east, from north to south were: the turntable, shed approach, no 2 and no 1 workshop sidings, the fast south and northbound lines, the slow south and northbound lines. The goods yard departed from the slow lines at Ramsey Place Junction to the east.
The box was on the west side of the junction. It was renamed Dumfries No 2 box.
The box closed in 1957, replaced by the new box at Dumfries station.
A minimal version of the junction remains today, the west end of loops.
Just to the north had been the site of Dumfries [2nd] station, replaced by the present station.
Tags
Junction| Nearby stations Dumfries [1st] Dumfries [2nd] Dumfries Maxwelltown Heathhall Halt Locharbriggs Holywood [2nd] Holywood [1st] Racks Amisfield Irongray Lochanhead Shieldhill Newtonairds Killywhan | Dumfries Shed Dumfries Goods Dumfries Goods [CR] Ramsey Place Junction Dumfries St Mary^s Shed [CR] Dumfries Gas Works Lockerbie Junction Noblehill Junction Dumfries Goods Junction Maxwelltown Goods Junction Palmerston Foundry Nith Viaduct Tourist/other Station Hotel Dumfries Robert Burns House Peter Pan Moat Brae |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways |  Carlisle To Beattock: including the Dumfries Branch (Scottish Main Lines) |  The Glasgow & South Western Railway a History |
