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Milliken Park railway station

Coordinates: 55°49′29″N 4°32′04″W / 55.8247°N 4.5344°W / 55.8247; -4.5344
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Milliken Park

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National Rail
Milliken Park in April 2012
General information
LocationKilbarchan, Renfrewshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°49′29″N 4°32′04″W / 55.8247°N 4.5344°W / 55.8247; -4.5344
Grid referenceNS413620
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMIN
History
Original companyGlasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Pre-groupingGlasgow and South Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
21 July 1840Opened as Cochrane Mill
1 March 1853Renamed Milliken Park
18 April 1966Closed
15 May 1989New station opened
Passengers
2015/16Increase 0.206 million
2016/17Increase 0.241 million
2017/18Increase 0.256 million
2018/19Decrease 0.238 million
2019/20Decrease 0.228 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Milliken Park railway station serves the west end of Johnstone and the south west of the village of Kilbarchan in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

History

The original Milliken Park station was opened on 21 July 1840 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway and was known as Cochrane Mill.[2] The station was renamed Milliken Park on 1 March 1853[2] and closed to passengers on 18 April 1966.[3] The site of this station's goods yard is now a bus depot. The signal box remained in use until it was destroyed by fire in an act of vandalism on 1 March 1978.[citation needed]

The current station opened on 15 May 1989,[3] by British Rail to the south west of the original on the other side of new Cochranemill Road bridge (built in 1974/5) next to the Corseford Housing Estate. Provision for the station had been made in the siting and construction of the overhead electrification equipment.

Facilities

The station has neither car park nor ticket office, however, there is a ticket machine situated within the shelter of platform 1. There are also six cycle stands available.[4]

Services

The Glasgow - Ayr stopping trains call here every 30 minutes off-peak (Monday to Saturday), with extra services at peak times. In the evening, there is an hourly service each way (with westbound trains to Ardrossan Harbour and also on Sundays (to/from Largs).[5]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ a b Butt, page 65
  3. ^ a b Butt, page 160
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Table 221 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Howwood   Abellio ScotRail
Ayrshire Coast Line
   Johnstone
  Historical railways  
Howwood
Line and station open 		  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
   Johnstone
Line and station open
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