Monkton
Location type
StationName and dates
Monkton (1839-1940)Opened on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.
Description
This was a two platform station to the west of Monkton itself. The Station Road between the two has been re-routed with the construction of Prestwick Airport's runway. The main station building was on the east side.
There was a goods yard on the east side, approached from the north, or from the south via a reversing spur. The signal box, opened 1880, was on the east side at the north end.
The station closed in 1940. The box closed in 1962.
The Monkton Oil Sidings opened on the west side of the line, serving Prestwick Airport.
Glasgow Prestwick Airport station, built on the site of the former Monkton Junction, opened to the south in 1994.
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StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
03/09/2020
| Nearby stations Prestwick International Airport Prestwick Town Troon [2nd] Troon Auchincruive Newton-on-Ayr Auchincruive Colliery Platform Troon Harbour Ayr [1st] Barassie Ayr [2nd] Annbank Ayr Gailes Drybridge | Monkton Oil Sidings Monkton Junction Prestwick Oil Siding [1st] Lochgreen Junction Auchincruive 4,5,6,7 [Glenburn] Falkland Junction Troon Junction Clune Siding Falkland Yard Ayr Tram Depot [Trams] Scottish Agricultural Industries Works Tofts Junction Newton Flat Crossing Ayr Harbour Junction Tourist/other Prestwick Airport |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Trip wireNorth of the former Monkton station is a 800 yard long trip wire alongside the west end of the Prestwick Airport runway. If the wire is broken nearby signals go to danger. For an older similar system see Pass of Brander Stone Signals. |
