Saltcoats [1st]

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Saltcoats [1st] (1840-1858)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Opened on the Ardrossan and Johnstone Railway.

Description

This station was on a cramped site just east of the B780. It was replaced by Saltcoats [2nd] which was further west.

Tags

Station
12/09/2017

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Ardrossan (North) 1895: Ayrshire Sheet 16.01 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Ayrshire)

Ardrossan (South) 1895: Ayrshire Sheet 16.05 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Ayrshire)

Kilwinning 1895: Ayrshire Sheet 16.04 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Ayrshire)

Old Ardrossan

Old Kilwinning

Origins of the Scottish Railway System 1722-1844

The Glasgow & South Western Railway a History