Maybole and Girvan Railway
Introduction
This railway is still open. It is served by passenger trains between Ayr to Girvan and other services from Glasgow to Stranraer and (formerly) Newcastle to Stranraer operated by ScotRail. At the time of writing (2002) there are no regular freight services.
Dates
Locations along the line
These locations are along the line.
Also known as Maybole and Girvan Railway Junction and Maybole Goods Junction. This was the junction between the original route of the Ayr and Maybole Railway and its extension by the Maybole and Girvan Railway south to Girvan. The junction was some way north east of Maybole as an end-on junction between the lines was not possible. The original terminus was left on a short ...
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Ayr and Maybole Railway
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 17/10/1959
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 17/10/1959
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 17/10/1959
This is a single platform station, formerly a two platform station. The southbound platform remains in use, the northbound is overgrown, disused since 1973. The station building, on the in use platform, is of red sandstone and two storeys. It is partly in railway use, partly housing and also houses a convenience store. The building on the former northbound platform has been demolished.
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G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1959
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David Panton 10/10/2017
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David Panton 10/10/2017
This signal box closed in 1890. It was just over a mile south of Maybole.
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G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/08/1960
This short lived station was around a mile and a half west of Crosshill itself.
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More detailsKilkerran was a double platform station with the main two storey station building on the southbound platform.
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Bill Roberton //1988
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Bill Roberton //1988
Brian Haslehust 28/08/1964
This signal box was to the north east of Dailly station. It controlled access to Romilly Colliery and the Dalquharran Tile Works sidings. The box was on the north side of the line at the point of divergence of the sidings which were also on the north side of the line and served from the east.
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More detailsThis was a two platform station. The main station building was on the southbound platform. The building, Glasgow and South Western Railway in style, bore a strong resemblance to the now gone building on the northbound platform at Maybole.. There was a goods yard to the east, on the south side of the line, served from the west. The platforms crossed the main road to the south of the ...
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G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1959
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/08/1960
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1959
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1959
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More detailsThis 1903 signal box controlled access to Bargany Colliery which was on the south side of the line and approached from the north east. The box was on the north side of the line.
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G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1959
This was a two platform station crossed by a road bridge. The main station building was on the southbound platform. The building had an unusual largely glazed extension at the south end of the building, perhaps the waiting room for Killochan Castle. The building was replaced around 1900.
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This was a two platform station built during World War Two to serve the temporary ICI munitions factory built at Grangeston Distillery.
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Ewan Crawford //2002
This signal box controlled the junction for the Maidens and Dunure Railway (1906) where it met the Maybole and Girvan Railway (1860).
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Maidens and Dunure Light Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
At this junction the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway (1877) met the Maybole and Girvan Railway (1860).
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Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway
Maidens and Dunure Light Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
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Ewan Crawford 19/03/1988
This was a single platform station which officially closed as a goods only yard in 1989 partly due to the condition of the single track bridge over the Water of Girvan.
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Ewan Crawford //1993
Colin Miller 02/02/2015
William Tollan 09/02/2006
