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Council say they have made 'significant progress' with work at Ayr's fire damaged Station Hotel.
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Campaigners and heritage groups demand answers from South Ayrshire Council over the future of Ayr's Station Hotel.
(Permalink) Ayr Ayr Station Hotel South Ayrshire Council  Ayr Station Hotel: Ayr Station Hotel on 19th December 2023. The whole south end has now gone. The nibbler was tearing down the scaffolding with Network Rail employees watching the lines. The shuttle to Prestwick Town wa ...  Ayr Station Hotel: The full extent of the demolition of the southern range of Ayr Station Hotel is now apparent. This is the scene from the Station Bridge.  Ayr Station Hotel: Ayr Station Hotel on 9th January 2024, viewed from the south. Definitely another section has gone with the debris piled below. As I then walked up the west side the machine simply tore down another la ... |
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Safety work continues at fire ravaged Station Hotel in Ayr - with action being taken to protect Ayr's war memorial as it goes on.
(Permalink) Ayr Ayr Station Hotel War memorial  Ayr: This war memorial was originally located at Glasgow St Enoch but was relocated to Ayr on its demolition. Photographed in 2002. Ayr Station Hotel: Ayr Station Hotel on 9th January 2024, viewed from the south. Definitely another section has gone with the debris piled below. As I then walked up the west side the machine simply tore down another la ... |
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The service, which was introduced following the large fire at the Ayr Station Hotel, was suspended on December 19 due to unsafe conditions at the station.
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Ayr station has been closed once more to rail passengers due to the 'unsafe conditions' of the Station Hotel building.
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ScotRail confirmed it was unable to run its shuttle train between Prestwick Town and Ayr.
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The contractor is continuing to carry out the safety works at the southern gable end of the building.
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The station and several roads around it have been shut since a fire at the former Station Hotel on 25 September.
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MSPs have signed and sent a letter call on the building's preservation.
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Around the time emergency services were fighting to save his building the Malaysian businessman was posing for pictures on his Instagram feed.
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Carol Mochan MSP hosted a roundtable meeting in the Scottish Parliament about the Ayr Station Hotel.
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Every generation must take its duty to be custodians of Scotland's heritage seriously.
(Permalink) Ayr Station Hotel South Ayrshire Council  Ayr Station Hotel: 'I'm still standing!' The crest among the scaffolding on 4th November 2023. For contrast, see image [[54594]] taken before the fire.  Ayr Station Hotel: The impressive red sandstone frontage of Ayr station and The Station
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The station has been out of use since a fire in September gutted the building, leaving it unsafe.
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Road and rail closures around the fire-struck Station Hotel in Ayr are set to continue until January.
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New photos have revealed the damage caused to the inside of Ayr Station Hotel.
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Ayr MSP Siobhian Brown is calling for South Ayrshire Council to improve communication with local businesses.
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South Ayrshire Council has issued another update regarding the Ayr Station Hotel.
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A bus service provider is issuing an update to Ayr travel users after the Ayr Station Hotel fire.
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South Ayrshire Council has released a November 6 update on the ongoing works at Ayr Station Hotel.
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A new pedestrian crossing has been opened to improve access arrangements following the major fire at the Station Hotel in Ayr.
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A campaigner claims at least 10,000 return lorry trips would be needed to dispose of the rubble if the Station Hotel is razed to the ground.
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South Ayrshire Council are continuing to carry out urgent safety works at the former Station Hotel building.
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South Ayrshire Council will write to both the Scottish and UK Governments calling on changes to the law around council's responsibilities around dangerous buildings abandoned by owners.
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The B-Listed landmark building went up in flames last Monday, September 25. Three teenagers were arrested in connection with the incident.
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Scottish architects have slammed plans to demolish an iconic 1880s listed hotel in Ayr after it was ravaged by fire for the second time in four months.
(Permalink) Ayr Station Hotel  Ayr: Work is about to begin on a new staff accommodation block at Ayr station in the first phase of a programme that will unlock significant improvements for passengers and the operation of the station.  Ayr Station Hotel: The Station and Station Hotel at Ayr, seen here on 1st June 2012. The impressive structure was built to the design of Andrew Galloway, Chief Engineer of the G&SWR, in 1886. The view from the platf ... |
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Due to the dangerous condition of the building, it is unclear how long works on the Station Hotel will take.
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SAVE Britain's Heritage has written to South Ayrshire Council (SAC) offering the services of an experienced conservation structural engineer to conduct a specialist survey of Ayr Station Hotel in order to assess the damage from the recent fire.
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Firefighters attended Ayr Station Hotel on Monday after reports that the building was on fire - for the second time in a week.
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Safety works will begin today by contractor Caskie to remove loose materials from the fire damaged tower and roofline.
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Built to serve a golden age of rail travel, station hotels tell their own story of days gone by.
(Permalink) Ayr Station Hotel Caledonian Hotel Central Hotel Cruden Bay Hotel Gleneagles Hotel Kyle Hotel North British Hotel Palace Hotel St Enoch Station Hotel Station Hotels Stromeferry Hotel  Cruden Bay Hotel: GNSR coat of arms at the site of the Cruden Bay Hotel, circa 1961.  Glasgow St Enoch: The St Enoch Hotel, former main line station and Subway in February 1975. The station had closed in 1966, the hotel was demolished in 1977 to be replaced by the St Enoch Centre and the Subway station ... Ayr Station Hotel: The Station and Station Hotel at Ayr, seen here on 1st June 2012. The impressive structure was built to the design of Andrew Galloway, Chief Engineer of the G&SWR, in 1886. The view from the platf ... |
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Trains will not be able to serve Ayr for several weeks while work is carried out to make Ayr Station Hotel safe, ScotRail has confirmed.
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The absentee owner of Ayr Station Hotel has made no contact with South Ayrshire Council over a recent fire incident.
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The demise of this Ayr landmark underlines the need for greater powers for councils over absentee owners of important buildings.
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The Station Hotel building in Ayr is to be handed over to South Ayrshire Council on Thursday as emergency services prepare to stand down from the site.
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ScotRail said that it does not expect to be able to run services to or from the station for 'at least the next few days'.
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The crew attending the fire at Ayr Station Hotel was forced to wait for a specialist high reach fire engine after budget cuts.
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Campaign group SAVE Britain's Heritage was hoping to save Ayr's crumbling Station Hotel before the fire, and even published what it says is a game-changing report on the condition of the building and the prospect of rescuing it from the wrecking ball.
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The hotel originally catered to an affluent clientele when it opened in 1855 but has been an eyesore for years.
(Permalink) Ayr Ayr Station Hotel Fire Ayr Station Hotel: The inevitable, but at least the dilemma about the Station Hotel is settled. Despite an earlier attempt at setting the hotel on fire it appears nothing was done to enhance security. Ayr is in chaos, t ... Ayr Station Hotel: The fire damage to Ayr Station Hotel viewed from Burns Statue Square, where the roads are closed. The view is looking east towards the station with the Royal Scots Fusiliers memorial to the right. The ... Ayr Station Hotel: The Station and Station Hotel at Ayr, seen here on 1st June 2012. The impressive structure was built to the design of Andrew Galloway, Chief Engineer of the G&SWR, in 1886. The view from the platf ... |
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It is the second time in four months that a blaze has broken out at the Ayr Station Hotel, where stars who have performed have included Billy Connolly and Tom Jones.
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Shocking pictures from the scene show Ayr Station Hotel go up in flames.
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ScotRail has announced details of changes to Ayr train services after the devastating blaze at the Station Hotel building on Monday.
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No train services are expected to run to or from Ayr stationover the next few days as engineers work to assess when the station can re-open, following a major fire at the neighbouring hotel last night.
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Emergency services are dealing with the second blaze at the former Ayr Station Hotel in four months.
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... I'm talking, of course, about Ayr Station Hotel, once one of the grandest station hotels in the country but now empty and un-used. As you probably know, its currently covered by scaffolding and plastic sheeting thats turned the building into a great white iceberg slap bang in the middle of the town. But if we could see under the sheeting, wed see the beautiful red sandstone and the chateau-style finishes and flourishes designed by the great Scottish engineer Andrew Galloway who also did the incredible Glaisnock viaduct in Cumnock. To summarise: this is an important building. ...
(Permalink) Ayr Ayr Station Hotel Opinion  Ayr Station Hotel: Despite the sign there has been no welcome here for years now. Beautiful buddleia though. 17th July 2023.
Ayr: Work is about to begin on a new staff accommodation block at Ayr station in the first phase of a programme that will unlock significant improvements for passengers and the operation of the station. Ayr Station Hotel: The Station and Station Hotel at Ayr, seen here on 1st June 2012. The impressive structure was built to the design of Andrew Galloway, Chief Engineer of the G&SWR, in 1886. The view from the platf ... |
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A community group has hit out at South Ayrshire Council over plans to demolish the former Ayr Station Hotel, amid claims the hotel could be fully restored for around £3 million less than the council's own estimate. SAVE Britains Heritage has completed a Structural Engineers Report on Ayr Station Hotel using a world leader Ed Morton and other top class companies used to conservation.
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Councillors in South Ayrshire have hit back at the latest claim that Ayr's crumbling Station Hotel can be saved.
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SAVE Britain's Heritage says the former Ayr Station Hotel is in a much better condition than previously thought after the first detailed inspection of the crumbling building in nearly four years.
(Permalink) Ayr Station Hotel Ayr Station Hotel: Despite the sign there has been no welcome here for years now. Beautiful buddleia though. 17th July 2023.
 Ayr: Most unusual - a Class 156 'parked' in Platform 2 at Ayr on 10th July 2020. Unfortunately, no progress on the Station Hotel was apparent on this visit. Ayr: Work is about to begin on a new staff accommodation block at Ayr station in the first phase of a programme that will unlock significant improvements for passengers and the operation of the station. |
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South Ayrshire Council is moving forward with plans for a new station and transport hub.
(Permalink) ScotRail Ayr Ayr Gateway Ayr Station Hotel Network Rail South Ayrshire Council Transport Scotland  Ayr Station Hotel: The Station Hotel in Ayr closed in 2013 but was not put up for sale until
2017. Here it is on 10 October 2017, awaiting developments (or development).
 Ayr Station Hotel: Barriers and scaffolding around Ayr's Station Hotel in January 2016. Built by the GSWR in 1866, the grade 2 listed building, which forms an integral part of Ayr station, closed in 2013, since when it ...  Ayr: The empty Station Hotel basks in the early morning sunlight overlooking Ayr station on 10 November 2014. Unfortunately this shows up the sad state of the building. At least the pigeons don't seem to h ... |
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Shrouded in scaffolding for the past ten years and with an absentee owner, however, its future has looked in doubt, with fears that it might end up being demolished.
Now a specialist survey carried out by one of the UKs leading structural engineers has raised fresh hopes that the once spectacular building may be saved for the future. (Permalink) Ayr Station Hotel  Ayr: Eschewing the chance to take another exciting 380, my attention was drawn to the latest garden project at Ayr. Here is the new life Buddleia Plantation.
Ayr: Most unusual - a Class 156 'parked' in Platform 2 at Ayr on 10th July 2020. Unfortunately, no progress on the Station Hotel was apparent on this visit.  Ayr Station Hotel: Bits have started to fall off the neglected Station Hotel in Ayr and, as from a few days ago, the whole area is cordoned off, including the ticket office, which has become a man with a card machine at ... |
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A specialist building engineer has scaled the scaffolding at Ayr Station Hotel to establish the condition of the local historic landmark.
(Permalink) Ayr Station Hotel  Ayr Station Hotel: The clingwrap on the Station Hotel is apparently not totally effective and the Hanging Gardens are coming back. 22nd August 2021.
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Ayr Station Hotel: The Station Hotel in Ayr closed in 2013 but was not put up for sale until
2017. Here it is on 10 October 2017, awaiting developments (or development).
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The architect who rescued Ayr's fire-ravaged Seafield House believes he can now save the town's Station Hotel from demolition.
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The former chair of Ayr's Station Hotel Action Group has urged authorities not to demolish the iconic building.
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Carol Mochan MSP has said that the 'lack of clarity' over the future of Ayr Station Hotel could be potentially dangerous after a recent fire.
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ScotRail has issued a travel update to Ayrshire commuters after a fire at the abandoned Station Hotel building in Ayr on Sunday.
According to the ScotRail page on journeycheck.com, there was no disruption to trains on any Ayrshire routes at the start of service on Monday. In December, South Ayrshire councillors voted in favour of demolishing the southern section of the hotel building - where the fire appears to have broken out on Sunday - but they gave the building's absentee owner 18 months to carry out repair work before stepping in to raze it to the ground. (Permalink) Ayr Station Hotel  Ayr: Looking across the platforms at Ayr station in July 2002 with a train for Glasgow Central standing alongside bay platform 1. The Station Hotel dominates the scene. |
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Passengers were evacuated from the train station beside the derelict building, and services were delayed.
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A developer has come forward to express an interest in saving Ayr's crumbling and dangerous Station Hotel building, documents have revealed.
(Permalink) Ayr Station Hotel Ayr Station Hotel: The clingwrap on the Station Hotel is apparently not totally effective and the Hanging Gardens are coming back. 22nd August 2021.
Ayr: Work is about to begin on a new staff accommodation block at Ayr station in the first phase of a programme that will unlock significant improvements for passengers and the operation of the station. Ayr Station Hotel: The Station Hotel in Ayr closed in 2013 but was not put up for sale until
2017. Here it is on 10 October 2017, awaiting developments (or development).
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The doomed hotel is open to the elements after last night's storms.
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Time is fast running out for hopes of saving Ayr's crumbling Station Hotel after councillors set the clock ticking on the buildings demolition. Councillors agreed unanimously to demolish the southern section of the dilapidated building in the event that the owner does not step in to make it safe.
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Councillors will be asked to approve a proposal to demolish much of Ayr's iconic Station Hotel this week.
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Ayr Station Hotel: The clingwrap on the Station Hotel is apparently not totally effective and the Hanging Gardens are coming back. 22nd August 2021.
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A public meeting on the future of Ayr's Station Hotel will take place this month.
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Ayr MSP Siobhan Brown has welcomed the news that South Ayrshire Council has put a Station Hotel Working Group in place.
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Ayr: Most unusual - a Class 156 'parked' in Platform 2 at Ayr on 10th July 2020. Unfortunately, no progress on the Station Hotel was apparent on this visit.  Ayr Station Hotel: The Ayr station hotel saga continues. The latest in December 2018 - a scaffolding framework is being erected over the roof. This is a close up image of this new construction. |
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Tory chief Martin Dowey says he will look at Compulsory Purchasing the building in order to break the deadlock.
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Representatives of Eng Huat Ung say the absentee boss is now ready to find a solution to the long-running saga.
(Permalink) Ayr Ayr Station Hotel Cultural vandalism Ayr Station Hotel: The clingwrap on the Station Hotel is apparently not totally effective and the Hanging Gardens are coming back. 22nd August 2021.
Ayr Station Hotel: The Ayr station hotel saga continues. The latest in December 2018 - a scaffolding framework is being erected over the roof. This is a close up image of this new construction. Ayr Station Hotel: Barriers and scaffolding around Ayr's Station Hotel in January 2016. Built by the GSWR in 1866, the grade 2 listed building, which forms an integral part of Ayr station, closed in 2013, since when it ... |
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A conservation charity has published plans for the future use of the building known as the Ayr Station Hotel.
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2017. Here it is on 10 October 2017, awaiting developments (or development).
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A fast-tracked contract to secure Ayr's crumbling Station Hotel must be the subject of an inquiry, according to a former MSP.
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Ayr: Most unusual - a Class 156 'parked' in Platform 2 at Ayr on 10th July 2020. Unfortunately, no progress on the Station Hotel was apparent on this visit. Ayr Station Hotel: Seen from the platform, Ayr's Station Hotel may be semi derelict but it is still at least partially furnished. Note the writing desk with lamps - 'Would madam care for some Quink for her fountain pen? ... |
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The upkeep of the dilapidated Ayr Station Hotel and construction supply issues exacerbated by Brexit and Covid are costing South Ayrshire Council millions.
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Depute Council Leader Brian McGinley has made a plea for extra powers to help South Ayrshire Council deal with the Station Hotel debacle and avoid similar problems in the future.
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South Ayrshire Council yesterday blocked the sale of the Station Hotel.
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A community group has notified South Ayrshire Council of their intention to apply to purchase Ayr Station under the community right to buy scheme.
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Robert Burns knew it as 'Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonny lasses'. The Scottish bard would not recognise it now. Save Britain's Heritage (SBH) says the town at the heart of Burns country is becoming a 'wasteland of demolition sites'. The conservation charity is campaigning to stop the local council from demolishing Ayrs Victorian Station Hotel because it says the loss of the derelict but still 'impressive' landmark will add to the towns decline.
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A community group has conducted a review of the Feasibility Study made on The Station Hotel because they feel certain options are being overlooked.
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A feasibility study on the future of the station hotel in Ayr shows that the B-listed building could become student accommodation or a new transport hub.
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Options are finally being revealed for the future of the Station Hotel in Ayr.
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Police in Ayr have vowed to step up patrols around the crumbling Station Hotel site after extremely reckless actions of youngsters entering the building.
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Campaigners who want to save the crumbling Station Hotel have criticised a recent public consultation.
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Ayr's tech hub have got behind the campaign to save the Station Hotel with bold plans for a laser projection onto the building itself.
(Permalink) Ayr Ayr Station Hotel Ayr Station Hotel: Seen from the platform, Ayr's Station Hotel may be semi derelict but it is still at least partially furnished. Note the writing desk with lamps - 'Would madam care for some Quink for her fountain pen? ... Ayr: Work is about to begin on a new staff accommodation block at Ayr station in the first phase of a programme that will unlock significant improvements for passengers and the operation of the station. |
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A group who halted the demolition of Ayr's Seafield House want to help save the crumbling Station Hotel.
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Campaigners Save Britain's Heritage have called for the 'splendid landmark' to be rescued from its owners
(Permalink) Ayr Station Hotel Ayr Station Hotel: Behind this bland facade of scaffolding and cling film is the iconic Ayr Station Hotel. What will emerge in due course? 4th October 2018.
Ayr Station Hotel: Seen from the platform, Ayr's Station Hotel may be semi derelict but it is still at least partially furnished. Note the writing desk with lamps - 'Would madam care for some Quink for her fountain pen? ... Ayr: Work is about to begin on a new staff accommodation block at Ayr station in the first phase of a programme that will unlock significant improvements for passengers and the operation of the station. |
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Public opinion is to be canvassed as the long running saga over Ayr's Station Hotel takes a new turn.
Bosses at South Ayrshire Council have today announced an independent feasibility study over the building's future is underway. (Permalink) Ayr Ayr Station Hotel  Ayr: The 10.51 for Edinburgh via Glasgow Central (reverse) awaits departure from Ayr on 4th November 2019. On the return, in spite of the conductor's assurances that the same reversal applied at Central ... Ayr: Most unusual - a Class 156 'parked' in Platform 2 at Ayr on 10th July 2020. Unfortunately, no progress on the Station Hotel was apparent on this visit. Ayr Station Hotel: Seen from the platform, Ayr's Station Hotel may be semi derelict but it is still at least partially furnished. Note the writing desk with lamps - 'Would madam care for some Quink for her fountain pen? ... |
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A messy spot across from the crumbling Station Hotel has been given a welcome makeover this week.
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Work is about to begin on a new staff accommodation block at Ayr station in the first phase of a programme that will unlock significant improvements for passengers and the operation of the station. The installation of a new modular block to the east of the station; opposite platform four, will provide staff with a fully functioning base, independent of the original station building. It will serve as a booking-on point for drivers and host general welfare facilities for all station-based staff. First phase work alone represents an investment of circa £1.3m to improve Ayr station. The location of the new block means that work can be progressed without the need to close the line at any point. It will also enable the removal of portacabins to free up parking spaces.
(Permalink) Ayr Ayr Station Hotel  Ayr: General view of Ayr Station, Platforms 1, 2 and 3 from Platform 4 looking north on 1st May 2020. Photo ancillary to a permitted walk during the Corona virus emergency.
Ayr: Work is about to begin on a new staff accommodation block at Ayr station in the first phase of a programme that will unlock significant improvements for passengers and the operation of the station. |
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The son of a former owner of Ayrs crumbling Station Hotel has backed the campaign to save it. Andrew Melvin has revealed incredible stories of growing up in the hotel in the 1950s to campaigner Esther Clark who chairs the Ayr Station Hotel Community Action Group.
(Permalink) Ayr Station Hotel  Ayr: Swindon InterCity DMUs stabled at Ayr Townhead (the old name of the station) in autumn 1960 with the platforms on the left beyond the Station Hotel. These sidings are now the car park, today's Ayr Tow ... Ayr Station Hotel: The Station and Station Hotel at Ayr, seen here on 1st June 2012. The impressive structure was built to the design of Andrew Galloway, Chief Engineer of the G&SWR, in 1886. The view from the platf ... Ayr: Looking across the platforms at Ayr station in July 2002 with a train for Glasgow Central standing alongside bay platform 1. The Station Hotel dominates the scene. |
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Scaffolding that currently supports Ayr's Station Hotel could remain there for the next five years.
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A politician has called for immediate action to decide the future of the Station Hotel after the damning final report was published.
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The shock cost of repairing the station hotel has not phased a campaign group who insist the hotel can still be saved.
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A damning structural report has found close to 1000 defects in the crumbling Station Hotel in Ayr.
Collapsed ceilings on multiple floors, rat and pigeon droppings on surfaces and missing window panes are just some of hundreds of problems. Water has been seeping into the once grand B-listed building scarring the walls with damp and mould. (Permalink) Ayr Station Hotel |
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An elusive Malaysian businessman who has owned Ayrs Station Hotel for the best part of a decade is being pursued by Network Rail for the costs it incurred when the adjoining railway station had to be partially closed last year.
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ScotRail staff in Ayr have been working from portable cabins for months after Station Hotel was declared unsafe.
(Permalink) Ayr Station Hotel  Ayr Station Hotel: The Ayr station hotel on 8th December 2018 - honestly! A scaffolding framework is being erected over the roof and the hotel façade is completely obscured by this.  Ayr: Although normal trains services have been resumed at Ayr, in the closed-off booking hall / concourse, the information displays play normally for no-one to see and work continues. 22nd December 2018.
 Ayr: The sealed-off concourse and Platform 3 steps at Ayr, seen on 6 February 2019. For now you have to buy your tickets from a Portakabin(TM) well away from the now dangerous station building. The neglect ... |
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Railway staff complain they are 'crammed' into portable cabins at the Station Hotel.
And they called for better conditions for workers and customers. It is understood Ayr railway station will never operate from the abandoned building again. Now there are plans for Scotrail workers to move into other portable cabins at the bottom of the car park on Station Road. (Permalink) Ayr Station Hotel  Ayr: Semi-fast (left) and stopping trains for Glasgow wait in the bays at Ayr on 6 February 2019. Temporary station accommodation can be seen on the right. The screened-off part of the crumbling hotel buil ... Ayr: Although normal trains services have been resumed at Ayr, in the closed-off booking hall / concourse, the information displays play normally for no-one to see and work continues. 22nd December 2018.
Ayr: The sealed-off concourse and Platform 3 steps at Ayr, seen on 6 February 2019. For now you have to buy your tickets from a Portakabin(TM) well away from the now dangerous station building. The neglect ... |
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Network Rail has paid out over £724,000 in compensation to train operators while part of Ayr Station has been cordoned off because of the unsafe condition of the adjacent Station Hotel. Now Conservative MSP Brian Whittle is calling for the owners of the derelict building to be forced to cover the costs of the disruption caused.
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Rail services through Ayr are expected to return to normal, four months after a crumbling former hotel led to safety concerns.
An exclusion zone was extended around Ayr station in August after the building was found to be unsafe. It led to serious disruption to services between Glasgow Central, Ayr, Girvan, Stranraer and Kilmarnock. Train operator ScotRail said a full service would resume on Thursday, after the unsafe structure was contained. (Permalink) Ayr Station Hotel Stranraer |
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Train services between Ayr and Stranraer will be restored from today.
Earlier this year South Ayrshire Council enforced an exclusion zone at Ayr station. This was because the privately-owned former Station Hotel has been deemed unsafe. While Ayr station remains open for business, the exclusion zone means we have had to make changes to services to and from Ayr, including the cancellation of services between Ayr and Stranraer. (Permalink) Ayr Ayr Station Hotel Stranraer |
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A painstaking mission aimed at re-opening parts of Ayr railway station is to get underway.
Safety teams will work 24 hours a day to try and get the hub moving again. Work, which begins this Saturday, is expected to last until mid-October. Council bosses hope their move will reduce the extended exclusion zone which has paralysed the town's train station. Services to Glasgow Central are currently restricted in size with all six carriage trains halting at Prestwick Town. All trains south of Ayr are cancelled. Contractors are now set to move in with the aim of reinstating those lost services. (Permalink) Ayr Station Hotel |
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ScotRail has been forced to try and ease pressure on the Ayr to Glasgow line, caused by services being restricted by the Station Hotel troubles. Rush hour trains between Ayr and Glasgow Central are to terminate at Prestwick from next week ... Buses will ferry passengers between Ayr and Prestwick to join the affected trains. Weekday rush hour services will terminate at Prestwick, allowing six carriages to run on the line, with Saturday services widely hit. Trains south of Ayr remain cancelled completely.
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It was once a luxurious retreat for well-heeled and prosperous travellers looking to sample the charms of the Scottish seaside during the heyday of the Age of Steam.
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An exclusion zone has been set up around Ayr station because a former hotel next to it has been deemed to be unsafe.
Contractors have found crumbling in the old Station Hotel roof, which South Ayrshire Council say poses a risk. No services are running between Ayr and Girvan and there is a reduced service between Ayr and Glasgow Central. ScotRail has apologised to customers and detailed the changes on its website. (Permalink) Ayr Station Hotel Ayr Station Hotel: Bits have started to fall off the neglected Station Hotel in Ayr and, as from a few days ago, the whole area is cordoned off, including the ticket office, which has become a man with a card machine at ... Ayr Station Hotel: The Station Hotel in Ayr closed in 2013 but was not put up for sale until
2017. Here it is on 10 October 2017, awaiting developments (or development).
Ayr: Looking across the platforms at Ayr station in July 2002 with a train for Glasgow Central standing alongside bay platform 1. The Station Hotel dominates the scene. |
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We've [ScotRail] been advised by South Ayrshire Council that an exclusion zone has been imposed at Ayr station, which will have an impact on our services. This is because the old hotel building next to the station has been deemed unsafe.
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