Stevenston No 1 Signal Box [2nd]

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Stevenston No 1 Signal Box [2nd] (1947-1986)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Opened on the Ardrossan and Johnstone Railway.
Opened on the Ardeer (Misk) Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway).

Description

This box was east of Stevenston station at the point where the 'new' 1947 spur from the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway met the Ardrossan Railway (allowing closure of the route via Kilwinning East in coming years). The box also controlled the exchange sidings for the Nobel Explosives Works.

It replaced the previous Stevenston No 1 Signal Box [1st] when the new connection was made.

The box was on the south side of the line. It was a slightly brutal flat roofed brick structure. The design was due to this being an Air Raid Protection box, due to the proximity and importance of the Nobel works.

The signal box closed in 1986, replaced by Paisley Signalling Centre.

Tags

Junction ARP box




Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Ardrossan (North) 1895: Ayrshire Sheet 16.01 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Ayrshire)

Ardrossan (South) 1895: Ayrshire Sheet 16.05 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Ayrshire)

Kilwinning 1895: Ayrshire Sheet 16.04 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Ayrshire)

Old Ardrossan

Old Kilwinning

Origins of the Scottish Railway System 1722-1844

The Glasgow & South Western Railway a History