Barrmill railway station

Barrmill

Barrmill railway station in 1961
Location
Place Barrmill
Area Ayrshire
Coordinates 55°43′48″N 4°36′01″W / 55.7299°N 4.6003°W / 55.7299; -4.6003Coordinates: 55°43′48″N 4°36′01″W / 55.7299°N 4.6003°W / 55.7299; -4.6003
Grid reference NS367515
Operations
Original company Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Post-grouping LMS
Platforms 1
History
26 June 1873 Opened
5 November 1962 Closed to passengers
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Barrmill railway station was a railway station serving the village of Barrmill, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.

History

The station opened on 26 June 1873,[1] and closed permanently to passengers on 5 November 1962.[1] Freight services continued on the line until 1964.[2] The station was the only intermediate station on the five mile branch from Lugton to Beith Town.[2] Today the line to Barrmill (now singled) is still in existence until just before the site of the station, where it then heads south along the original route of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway until it reaches DM Beith.

The station site has been redeveloped into a housing estate. After the regular service on the line to Ardrossan ceased buses ran from the station to Saltcoats.

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References

Notes
  1. 1 2 Butt, page 28
  2. 1 2 Stansfield, page 10
Sources
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Beith
Line and station closed
  Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
  Lugton
Line and station closed
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