Brackenhills
Location type
StationName and dates
Brackenhills (1906-1930)Opened on the Barkip Railway.
Opened on the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.
Description
This was a single platform station.
It was located to the south of today's A737 with the platform on the west side and sidings approached from the south also on the west side.
The line here was originally the Barkip Railway,a mineral line serving the Glengarnock Iron Works, before being taken over by the Caledonian Railway.
Tags
StationExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
03/10/2017
| Nearby stations Glengarnock Beith Town Glengarnock High Giffen Kilbirnie [2nd] Barrmill Kilbirnie (South) Beith North Auchenmade Dalry Dalry Junction [Station] Lochwinnoch Lochwinnoch [2nd] Dunlop Lugton | Gurdie Sidings Barkip Junction Barcosh Ironstone Pit Langbar Colliery Barkip Ironstone Pit Barkip Limestone Quarry Swindridgemuir Quarry Beith Town Shed Birsieknowe Ironstone Pit No 1 Glengarnock Signal Box Glengarnock Blast Furnaces Coal Pit Glengarnock Steelworks Girder Shop Tourist/other Glengarnock No 1 Signal Box DSDA Beith |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/09/1906 | Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Brackenhills station, on the Kilbirnie [CR] branch, opened for coaching traffic. |
| 01/12/1930 | Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Kilbirnie South to Giffen closed to passengers. Kilbirnie South, Glengarnock High and Brackenhills closed. Glengarnock High (excluded) to Giffen (excluded) closed. |
Books
 Forgotten Railways: Scotland |
