Maybole railway station

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General information
Location	South Ayrshire
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	MAY
Key dates
24 May 1860	Opened
1880	Rebuilt

Maybole railway station is a railway station serving the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

History

The station was opened on 24 May 1860, originally as part of the Maybole and Girvan Railway (worked and later owned by the Glasgow and South Western Railway). The station replaced the original Maybole station, which was the original terminus of the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway.

The station was originally a two side platform station rebuilt in 1880, with the two-storey main offices on the down platform, and a large single-storey building with glazed awning on the up platform. When the line was singled in 1973 the northbound platform was removed and the building demolished. The down platform and main building remain, part of which is a local convenience store and part used by Network Rail.

Services

2008/09

A two-hourly service in each direction (with some extras) to Ayr and Girvan. From Ayr certain services continue to Glasgow (either via Paisley Gilmour Street or Kilmarnock), although there are also two daily through trains to Carlisle and Newcastle via Kilmarnock and Dumfries.

The Sunday service is limited, with three trains to Ayr and Glasgow and two to Stranraer.

From December 2009

There is a two-hourly service in each direction (with some extras) to Ayr and Girvan (seven of the latter continuing to Stranraer). From Ayr certain services continue to Glasgow (either via Paisley Gilmour Street or Kilmarnock).

The Sunday service is limited, with three trains to Ayr and Glasgow and two to Stranraer.

December 2015

There is now a basic hourly service (with peak extras) in each direction to Ayr & Girvan. Ten of the former continue to Kilmarnock (and two thence to Glasgow Central) and nine of the latter to Stranraer. On Sundays there are five trains each way, northbound to Ayr and southbound to Stranraer.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Girvan		Abellio ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line		Ayr
	Historical railways
Connection to M&GR		Glasgow and South Western Railway Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway		Cassillis Line open; station closed
Kilkerran Line open; station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Maybole and Girvan Railway		Connection to A&MJR

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.
• Hume, John R. (1976). The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland, Vol. 1: The Lowlands and Borders. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-3234-9.
• 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.

External links

• Video, commentary and annotation on Maybole railway station