Kilmarnock station has always had, for me, a slightly melancholy air as if we were still in the immediate post-Beeching era and the service was almost skeleton see image 22787. Things are a little less quiet now and will become even less so come December when the service to Glasgow will double to half-hourly. The roundels in the canopy brackets contain the letters 'G&SWR Co' but are so ornate you can be forgiven if this is not immediately obvious - it wasn't to me until reviewing this picture and I've visited the station over many years. On 2 September 156 494 waits at Platform 2 with a train on the generally lightly-used Burns Line with a service for Girvan.
Location: Kilmarnock
Original line: Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Photographer: David Panton
Contact photographer: David Panton
Date: 02/09/2009
Image number: 25331