Tunnel
Alloway Tunnel (1906-1968)
Opened on the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
This tunnel is directly west of the former Alloway station. It is a single bore tunnel passing under a roadway and the kirkyard of Alloway Kirk. To the west the former line passes over the Alloway Viaduct.
The line opened in 1906 and closed in 1968.
Nearby stations Alloway Maybole Junction [Station] Dalrymple Heads of Ayr [2nd] Ayr Ayr [2nd] Ayr [1st] Heads of Ayr [1st) Ayr Shed [1st] Cassillis Newton-on-Ayr Hollybush Dunure Auchincruive Maybole [1st] | Other railway and industry locations Alloway Viaduct Greenan Siding Alloway Junction Glengall Signalbox Glengall Siding Dalrymple Junction Ayr Cattle Market Sidings Tourist/other Alloway Kirk Burns Memorial Tam O^Shanter Experience Old Bridge of Doon Burn^s Cottage Belmont Level Crossing Ailsa Hospital Holiday Camp |
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. |