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Calls are being made for Scotland's next First Minister to support a campaign to re-open Cumnock and Mauchline's railway stations. MSP Sharon Dowey wants the new leader to support plans to bring the stations back to life, following their closures in 1965, after opening in the 1800s.
(Permalink) Cumnock Mauchline  Cumnock [2nd]: A Glasgow St Enoch - Carlisle stopping train calls at Cumnock in the early 1960s behind an unidentified Clan Pacific. [Ref query 21355]  Mauchline: A train from Dumfries calls at Mauchline on 18 April 1949 on its way to St Enoch. The locomotive is one of Hurlford shed's 2P 4-4-0s, no 40663. |
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Conservatives had wanted to lead campaign for Cumnock and Mauchline rail links but SNP successfully propose looking at road, rail and public transport across East Ayrshire.
(Permalink) Cumnock Mauchline  Cumnock [2nd]: General view of Cumnock station looking north on 29 July 1961.  Mauchline: Busy scene at Mauchline station on 9 May 1959. The special at the platform is the SLS 'Land o' Burns' railtour. The train, which ran from Ayr, was hauled throughout by 2P 4-4-0 no 40574. |
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Cumnock [2nd]: A Glasgow St Enoch - Carlisle stopping train calls at Cumnock in the early 1960s behind an unidentified Clan Pacific. [Ref query 21355] Mauchline: A train from Dumfries calls at Mauchline on 18 April 1949 on its way to St Enoch. The locomotive is one of Hurlford shed's 2P 4-4-0s, no 40663. |
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The nationalisation of ScotRail could throw plans for new stations at Cumnock and Mauchline into jeopardy, according to MSP Sharon Dowey.
It comes as Ms Dowey has written to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport Michael Matheson MSP following news that 30 per cent of Scotlands rail services are to be cut temporarily. Research has shown that Mauchline station could serve over 120,000 people per year, while Cumnock could service 200,000. (Permalink) Cumnock Mauchline Cumnock [2nd]: A Glasgow St Enoch - Carlisle stopping train calls at Cumnock in the early 1960s behind an unidentified Clan Pacific. [Ref query 21355]  Mauchline: General view of Mauchline station looking south in the summer of 1961. |
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The call comes from South Scotland Conservative List MSP, Sharon Dowey, who claims the Scottish Government should make it one of their top priorities.
(Permalink) Cumnock Mauchline Cumnock [2nd]: General view of Cumnock station looking north on 29 July 1961. Mauchline: Busy scene at Mauchline station on 9 May 1959. The special at the platform is the SLS 'Land o' Burns' railtour. The train, which ran from Ayr, was hauled throughout by 2P 4-4-0 no 40574. |
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Cumnock and Mauchline have been included in proposals to expand Scotland's rail network with the creation of 51 new stations. [As with many of the stations on the list, Ardrossan North would not be a re-opening but an entirely new station on an existing railway. The former Ardrossan North was on the closed Caledonian route. -RS]
(Permalink) Ardrossan North Cumnock Mauchline Railfuture Scotland Cumnock [2nd]: General view of Cumnock station looking north on 29 July 1961. Mauchline: A train from Dumfries calls at Mauchline on 18 April 1949 on its way to St Enoch. The locomotive is one of Hurlford shed's 2P 4-4-0s, no 40663.  Parkhouse Junction: A Largs - Kilwinning train approaching Parkhouse Junction, Ardrossan, on 24 May 1960. The locomotive is Hurlford based Fowler 2P 4-4-0 no 40595. [Ref query 14927] |
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A new station beside Ayr Hospital, reopening of a railway service between Ayr and Cumnock and a new ferry route from Troon to Arran could be on the way.
(Permalink) Arran Ayr Hospital Cumnock Glengall Siding Troon |
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Reversing the 1960s closure of the line is one option being taken forward by a transport study. [Also suggested is re-opening the Cairnryan branch and stations at Cumnock, Thornhill, Eastriggs, Dunragit and Beattock.]
(Permalink) Beattock Cairnryan Cumnock Dunragit Eastriggs Port Road Stranraer Thornhill  Newton Stewart: View east at Newton Stewart in September 1973. The old goods shed and yard on the left of the photograph have been put to alternate use by the local council, still the case 35 years on see image [[155 ...  Big Water of Fleet Viaduct: April 1965, just two months before closure of the 'Port Road' direct line from Dumfries to Stranraer. A Stranraer-bound mixed freight train headed by a Stanier 'Black 5' crosses the Big Water of Fleet ... |
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Engineers say they are 'confident' the rail line through Ayrshire will reopen on Monday after work to remove derailed wagons was completed.
Two trains carrying ballast for engineering work collided on the track at Logan, near Cumnock, two weeks ago. Network Rail said a 130-tonne locomotive engine and 16 wagons were moved from the site by Friday. Engineers are now working 'round-the-clock' to repair the damaged track in time to reopen the line. Before lifting the engine and wagons, engineers had to first construct a 350m-long haul road, and operating pad, for the 1,000-tonne crane which was required to remove the wagons and the locomotive. (Permalink) Cumnock Derailment Logan Network Rail |
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Rail travel between Glasgow and Dumfries could be disrupted for two weeks after a crash between two trains during engineering work at the weekend.
The track was damaged at Logan, just east of Cumnock in Ayrshire, when the trains carrying ballast collided and wagons were derailed on Saturday. Scotrail said a replacement bus service would be running between Dumfries and Kilmarnock. Network Rail said it could take 10 days to move the derailed wagons. It will also take about three days to repair the damaged track after the wagons are removed. (Permalink) Crash Cumnock Derailment Logan ScotRail |
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