Holehouse Junction railway station

Holehouse Junction railway station was an exchange railway station in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The line on which the station later came to stand was originally part of the Ayr and Dalmellington Railway, worked and later owned by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The station, opened as Holehouse by June 1904 was renamed in 1937 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The line to Belston Junction via Rankinston opened on 1 January 1884.

Ayr and Dalmellington Railway
Newton-on-Ayr
Newton Junction
Hawkhill Junction
Ayr
Alloway Junction
Ailsa Hospital
Maybole Junction
Maybole (Dalrymple) Junction
Burnton Viaduct
Hollybush
Holehouse Junction
Holehouse Junction
Patna
Waterside
Waste Tip
Dalmellington

Holehouse Junction
The line south of Holehouse Junction
LocationEast Ayrshire, Ayrshire
Scotland
Coordinates55.3897°N 4.5173°W / 55.3897; -4.5173
Grid referenceNS4064713525
Platforms1 Island
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingGlasgow and South Western Railway
Key dates
June 1904[1]Station opened
1937[1]Station renamed
3 April 1950[1]Station closed

History

The station opened by 1904,[1] became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways in 1948, only surviving two years into the nationalised era before closure to passengers by British Railways.

The station had an island exchange platform in the 'V' of the junction. The signalbox was to the south of the station mounted at the top of a deep cutting. From Holehouse the branchline ran east to Belston Junction. This section was closed and lifted in the 1960s, but re-laid as far as the Broomhill opencast mine site in 1998, it then fell out of use again and has been lifted.[2] The station platforms have been demolished.

On 12 & 13 August 2000 the Branch Line Society charter was the first passenger train over the then recently re-instated freight branch to Broomhill, later the Ayrshire Railway Preservation Society ran a special to Holehouse Junction.[3]

References

Notes

  1. Butt, p. 121
  2. RailScot Retrieved : 2012-11-15
  3. SRPS Retrieved : 2012-11-15

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Connection to
Ayr to Mauchline Branch
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Holehouse Junction to Ochiltree
  Cairntable Halt
Line and station closed
Hollybush
Line open; station closed
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Ayr and Dalmellington Railway
  Patna
Line open; station closed
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