Cairntable Halt railway station
Cairntable Halt | |
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 Overbridge near Cairntable Halt's site | |
| General information | |
| Location | Kerse Loch, Ayrshire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°23′43″N 4°28′34″W / 55.3952°N 4.4761°W |
| Grid reference | NS4327314042 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1927 | Opened |
| 3 April 1950 | Closed |
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Cairntable Halt railway station was a railway station serving a rural district and the miners' row of forty-eight houses[1][2] at the Cairntable Terraces, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was opened as late as circa 1928 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on the Holehouse Junction to Rankinston line.
History
[edit]This basic halt opened in 1927[3] or on 24 September 1928[4] and closed on 3 April 1950.[3][4] The nearby miners’ row was owned by the Cairntable Coal Co. and provided homes for workers at their nearby colliery.[5][6]
The site today
[edit]In 2012 the site has no remnants of the halt or trackbed and the Cairntable miners rows of forty-eight apartment houses built in 1914 no longer exist, the last inhabitant having left in 1963.[7] There is a remembrance stone laid on the site of the former village.[citation needed]
Micro-history
[edit]The trains would deliver bread for the village shop when the snows were too bad for the delivery van.[8]
In 1947 a steam engine got stuck in one of the railway cuttings near the village and the men from the village and Littlemill Pit helped dig the train out of the snowdrift.[9]
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Reid, Page 101
- ^ Reid, Page 103
- ^ a b Butt, Page 51
- ^ a b Lindsay, Part 2.1, Page 1
- ^ Cairntable Village Retrieved : 2012-11-12
- ^ Caintable Terraces. Retrieved : 2012-11-12
- ^ Cairntable Village Retrieved : 2012-11-12
- ^ Reid, Page 193
- ^ Reid, Page 104
Sources
[edit]- 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.
- Lindsay, David M. E. (2002). G&SWR Register of Stations, Routes and Lines. G&SWR Society.
- Reid, Donald L. (2012). The Lost Mining Villages of Doon Valley. Beith: D. L. Reid. ISBN 978-0-9566343-3-7.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holehouse Junction Line and station closed |
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Holehouse Branch |
Rankinston Line and station closed | ||