Girvan (Old) railway station

Girvan Old

Girvan, Girvan Goods
Girvan Old; Girvan, Girvan Goods
	Site of Girvan Old railway station
General information
Location	Terminus of original line; Scotland
Coordinates	55°14′48″N 4°51′17″W / 55.246554°N 4.8546810°W
Grid reference	NX 18596 98367
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Maybole and Girvan Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South-Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
24 May 1860	Opened
5 October 1877	Renamed
1 April 1893	Closed

Girvan Old railway station was a terminus station opened in Girvan, in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland by the Maybole and Girvan Railway. Although ambitions existed to extend the line through to Stranraer it was built on a site that would not permit this and so when the line was built the Girvan New station was opened on 5 October 1877 by the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway on the route to Pinmore and eventually through to Stranraer railway station.^[4]

History

The original Girvan terminus station was situated adjacent to the goods station that was established at the site. It was opened by the Maybole and Girvan Railway with only one short platform in 1860 and was retained as a goods station in 1877 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway who took over the running of the line to Stranraer. The Girvan New station was further from the town and this was not popular with passengers and it appears that trains called at either station for a short period of time. Girvan Old Station closed to regular passenger traffic on 1 April 1893 and the goods station remained in use.^[5] Another source states that Girvan New station at first only catered for the workings continuing south to Stranraer.

The remnants of the old station platform were still present in 1988 and were even visible in 2017 many years after the track was lifted.^[6]

Station and goods station infrastructure

Girvan Old had a single platform. The goods station had a number of buildings including a turntable, water column, weighing machines, engine shed that closed in 1940^[7] and a coal yard with a bridge over the River Girvan that led to the harbour and jetty.^[8]^[9] The track was still in situ in 1989 however it had been lifted by 2014.^[10] The old Girvan terminus went out of use in the 1980s due to the poor condition of the wooden bridge over the River Girvan although ballast trains were still making use of the site.^[11]

Harbour branch

The Glasgow and South-Western Railway built a line to the harbour from the goods station that involved a second bridge over the River Girvan and at the harbour jetty coal was emptied down a chute into waiting colliers that took the coal to Ireland. A network of sidings and two waggon turntables existed here.^[12] This arrangement only lasted until 1918 with coal coming from the Bargany Pit.^[13]^[14]

Maybole and Girvan Railway

Legend

						Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway
					Maybole Junction
					Maybole (old)
					Maybole (new)
					Kilkerran
					Dailly
					Bargany Coal Mine
					Killochan
					Grangeston Halt (private station)
						Maidens and Dunure Light Railway
					Girvan Junction


					Girvan (old)
					Girvan (new)
						Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
	Historical railways
Killochan		Glasgow and South Western Railway Maybole and Girvan Railway		Terminus

References

Notes

^ Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. p. 103.
^ Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. p. 103.
^ Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. p. 103.
^ Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. p. 103.
^ "Canmore". RCAHMS. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
^ "A History of Britain's Railways". RailScot. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
^ Wham (2013). Ayrshire's Forgotten Railways. A Walker's Guide. p. 71.
^ "Ayrshire 055.04 (includes: Girvan). Publication date: 1896. Revised: 1894". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
^ "Canmore". RCAHMS. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
^ "A History of Britain's Railways". RailScot. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
^ "Ayrshire 055.04 (includes: Girvan). Publication date: 1896. Revised: 1894". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
^ "Ayrshire 055.04 (includes: Girvan). Publication date: 1896. Revised: 1894". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
^ Wham (2013). Ayrshire's Forgotten Railways. A Walker's Guide. p. 71.
^ "Ayrshire 055.04 (includes: Girvan). Publication date: 1896. Revised: 1894". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

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.
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.
Wham, Alasdair (2013). Ayrshire's Forgotten Railways. A Walker's Guide. Usk : Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-729-7.

External links

[1] Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. p. 103.

[2] Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. p. 103.

[3] Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. p. 103.

[4] Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. p. 103.

[5] "Canmore". RCAHMS. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[6] "A History of Britain's Railways". RailScot. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[7] Wham (2013). Ayrshire's Forgotten Railways. A Walker's Guide. p. 71.

[8] "Ayrshire 055.04 (includes: Girvan). Publication date: 1896. Revised: 1894". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[9] "Canmore". RCAHMS. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[10] "A History of Britain's Railways". RailScot. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[11] "Ayrshire 055.04 (includes: Girvan). Publication date: 1896. Revised: 1894". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[12] "Ayrshire 055.04 (includes: Girvan). Publication date: 1896. Revised: 1894". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[13] Wham (2013). Ayrshire's Forgotten Railways. A Walker's Guide. p. 71.

[14] "Ayrshire 055.04 (includes: Girvan). Publication date: 1896. Revised: 1894". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

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Geography	Islands Ailsa Craig Lochs Craigdow Loch Loch Bradan Loch Doon Loch Dornal Loch Finloch Loch Goosey Loch Spaig Loch Spallander Loch Spouts Rivers River Doon River Stinchar Water of App Water of Girvan Water of Tig
History	Heritage sites Blairquhan Castle Carleton Castle Crossraguel Abbey Culzean Castle Dinvin Motte Dunduff Castle Dunure Castle Glenapp Castle Greenan Castle Kirkoswald Parish Church Knockdolian Maybole Castle Maybole Collegiate Church Penkill Castle Turnberry Castle People Abbots of Crossraguel Clan Kennedy Earls or mormaers of Carrick Marquesses of Ailsa and their predecessors
Sport	Girvan F.C. Maybole Juniors F.C. Turnberry golf course
Transport	Railway lines Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway Maybole and Girvan Railway Railway stations Barrhill railway station Girvan railway station Maybole railway station Roads A77 A714