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A new rail link between Largs and Wemyss Bay is one of the surprise options put forward in a raft of travel improvements designed to boost the local economy.
Direct rail services between Kilmarnock, Ardrossan and Largs and between Largs-Ayr are also mooted. [The article refers to the 'Old Irvine Line' meaning the short curve used for freight and empty stock movements between Dubbs Junction and Byrehill Junction. Hunterston low level remains open to nuclear fuel traffic. -RS] (Permalink) Ayr Byrehill Junction Dubbs Junction Huntertston Pier Largs Largs Yacht Haven Wemyss Bay Hunterston Low Level Sidings: Flask train ascending from Hunterston Low Level. 68005 'Defiant' leading with 88002 'Prometheus' behind on 20th April 2021.
Byrehill Junction: Standard Mogul 77015 at Byrehill Junction on 4 April 1959 with an Ardrossan - Kilmarnock train. |