Balchriston Level Crossing Halt railway station

Balchriston Level Crossing Halt
General information
Location	Near Culzean Castle, Ayrshire Scotland
Grid reference	NS253111
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Maidens and Dunure Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
17 May 1906	Opened
1 December 1930	Closed

Balchriston Level Crossing Halt was a railway halt near Culzean Castle, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The halt was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway.

History

Open in 1906 it closed on 1 December 1930. As the name might imply, it was next to a level crossing.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Glenside Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Maidens and Dunure Light Railway		Knoweside Line and station closed

References

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Lindsay, David M. E. (2002). G&SWR Register of Stations, Routes and Lines. G&SWR Society.
• Article in British Railway Journal No 8 Summer 1985 Wild Swan Publications
• Balchriston site named on navigable O.S. map half way between disused Glenside and Knoweside stations

External links

• RAILSCOT on Maidens and Dunure Railway