RAILSCOT | Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway)

Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway)

Dates

/ /1870	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Line opened.
/ /1872	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Holehouse Junction to Belston Junction opened.
11/06/1872	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Annbank to Cronberry opened for goods.
01/07/1872	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Annbank to Cronberry opened for passengers.
04/01/1943	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Annbank to Mauchline closed to passengers.
03/04/1950	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Holehouse Junction to Rankinston to Belston Junction closed to passengers.
10/09/1951	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Muirkirk [2nd] to Ayr (Hawkhill Junction) closed to passengers.
/ /1960	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Killoch Colliery line opened from Drongan station.
07/03/1964	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Cronberry to Dykes Junction closed to freight.
14/06/1965	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway Maybole and Girvan Railway Annbank to Mauchline re-opened to passengers (with the closure of the Port Road the trains are diverted). The number of trains between Challoch Junction, Girvan and Ayr increases after closure of the Portpatrick Railway.
14/06/1965	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Blackhouse Junction to Hawkhill Junction re-opened for passengers. The re-opened curve was not on the original double track alignment but closer to Ayr MPD.
03/04/1966	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Dykes Junction to Belston Junction closed to freight.
01/01/1975	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Littlemill Colliery to Belston Junction closed to freight.
01/01/1975	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Belston Junction to Drongan closed to freight.
05/05/1975	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Ayr to Mauchline re-closed to passengers.
05/05/1975	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Blackhouse Junction to Hawkhill Junction closed to all traffic.
18/07/1998	Ayr to Mauchline Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Ayr and Dalmellington Railway Holehouse Junction to Broomhill Loading Pad, for the opencast just to the south, re-opened.