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Auchincruive railway station

Coordinates: 55°28′59″N 4°34′36″W / 55.48301°N 4.57656°W / 55.48301; -4.57656
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Auchincruive
Station site (1994)
General information
LocationAuchincruive, Ayrshire
Scotland
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingGlasgow and South Western Railway
Key dates
1 September 1870Opened
10 September 1951Closed

Auchincruive railway station was a railway station serving the settlement of St Quivox and the estate of Auchincruive, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Ayr to Mauchline Branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway.


History

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The station opened on 1 September 1870,[1] The station was part of the Ayr to Mauchline Branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. It became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948 who closed the station to regular passenger services on 10 September 1951.[1]

The site today

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Today the Ayr to Mauchline line is still open as a freight line.

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Butt,

Sources

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  • 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 (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • 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.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map (disused station near St Quivox)
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Ayr
Line and station open
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Ayr to Mauchline Branch
  Annbank
Line open; station closed

55°28′59″N 4°34′36″W / 55.48301°N 4.57656°W / 55.48301; -4.57656