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They will be providing a free meal as well as some much needed festive cheer.
(Permalink) Cafe at the Station Saltcoats |
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ScotRail say the issue has now been cleared but delays may still be possible.
(Permalink) Delays Electrification OLE Saltcoats |
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Train services were suspended between Kilwinning, Largs and Ardrossan Harbour after a signalling fault.
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ScotRail is increasing the safety and security at stations across Ayrshire by installing new CCTV cameras with upgraded intelligent video analytics.
(Permalink) CCTV Dalry Girvan Irvine Newton on Ayr Prestwick Town Saltcoats Stevenston |
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Trains between Ardrossan, Kilwinning and Largs have been cancelled this afternoon due to a fault with overhead power lines in Saltcoats.
(Permalink) Ardrossan Kilwinning Largs Overhead Line Equipment Saltcoats |
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Listed building consent to improve the waiting room at Saltcoats railway station has been granted by North Ayrshire Council after parts of the existing building were deemed unsafe and un-salvageable.
(Permalink) Saltcoats  Saltcoats: A Glasgow service arrives at the one-time Saltcoats Central station on 17 October 2018. The station retains original buildings on both sides, though the Down building (out of shot) is not in rail use. ...  Saltcoats: Some of the interesting architecture at Saltcoats station. 17 May 2007.  Saltcoats: The substantial building on the Glasgow bound platform of the 1882 Saltcoats station in May 2007. |
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Trains in Ayrshire are being disrupted after ScotRail introduced temporary speed restrictions on many routes in response to a Met Office weather warning.
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The old Yorkshire saying Where theres muck, theres brass is all too true in the development of Ardrossans Harbour, where, for many years, coal, stone and pig iron were exported in large quantities to Europe and North America as well as Ireland and Scottish coastal and island communities.
(Permalink) Ardrossan Ardrossan Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co Ardrossan Railway Coal Eglinton Dock Glasgow and South Western Railway Glengarnock Steel Works Iron ore Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Pig iron Saltcoats  Eglinton Dock: The view south west looking to Ardrossan Harbour station with the east end of Eglinton Dock on the right.  Ardrossan Harbour: A Caley 0-6-0 in action at Ardrossan Harbour on a cold November morning in 1962.  Ardrossan North: Ex-LNER B1 4-6-0 no 61342 of Eastfield shed brings Scottish Rambler No 5 back from Ardrossan's Montgomerie Pier on 10 April 1966 towards the platforms of Ardrossan North station, from which the ... |
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Community projects across Scotland's Railway have benefited from almost £4million of investment in recent years. Among those to receive a funding boost was Stow Station House on the Borders Railway. The new Shibumi Karate Club Training Station at Saltcoats also benefited from funding.
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Railway stations can form a huge part of local communities throughout the UK and have huge potential to help regenerate villages, towns and cities up and down the country.
Whether it be complete station renovation or accessibility work, many reformative projects have been undertaken over the past few years. (Permalink) Kilmarnock Saltcoats Stow  Stow: Stow station, closed with the entire Waverley Route in 1969, reopened for the Borders Line in 2015, seen here on Sunday, 15th May 2016. Sadly, the building has not been revived for railway use. Rebuil ...  Kilmarnock: All is retro in this view along the Platform buildings at Kilmarnock on 21 February 2019 - except, mercifully, for the coffee. Note the 'G&SWRCo' roundels on the canopy brackets (take my word for it t ...  Saltcoats: Ae fond kiss... Saltcoats farewell, Glasgow bound platform, 17 May 2007. |
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Three Towns train services have been disruped due to high waves and strong winds.
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A £525,000 conversion to transform an underused space at Saltcoats station into a state-of-the-art, fully accessible training station for the local community is being officially opened at 2pm today (Monday, 25 October).
Transport Minister, Graeme Dey MSP, will perform the ribbon cutting ceremony. The project was delivered by a partnership led by the Shibumi Karate club from Saltcoats, and some of their karate kids will be demonstrating their best moves, to get the official launch going with a bang. (Permalink) Karate Kids Saltcoats |
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The members of Shibumi Karate Club are enjoying their new home at The Training Station in Saltcoats.
(Permalink) Saltcoats Shibumi Karate Club The Training Station  Saltcoats: The 1431 Ardrossan Town - Glasgow Central service arrives at Saltcoats on 17 May 2007. |
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The Parachute Regiment Association have been given the opportunity to have plaques added to the existing War Memorial wall at Platform 1 in Central Station Glasgow.
(Permalink) Glasgow Central Kenneth Campbell VC Parachute Regiment Association Saltcoats |
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Network Rail engineers have arrived on site to carry out an assessment.
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Part of Saltcoats Station's land is being sold at an online auction today with a sale price of between £575,000 and £600,000.
(Permalink) Saltcoats  Saltcoats: Saltcoats looking east to the station. The goods yard was on the right. |
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Work to convert an unused space at Saltcoats railway station into a 'training station' for the local karate club has begun, thanks to a series of community grants.
The near £500,000 project has received funding, including £83,300 from ScotRail's Station Community Regeneration Funding (SCRF), £131,711 from the Railway Heritage Trust, £50,000 from North Ayrshire Councils Community Investment Fund, and £76,000 from Sport Scotland. (Permalink) Saltcoats Saltcoats: A Glasgow service arrives at the one-time Saltcoats Central station on 17 October 2018. The station retains original buildings on both sides, though the Down building (out of shot) is not in rail use. ...  Saltcoats: Former station offices and station masters house at Saltcoats facing onto Vernon Street in May 2007 with the current station entrance just beyond. Saltcoats: The substantial building on the Glasgow bound platform of the 1882 Saltcoats station in May 2007. |
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Work is now underway at three Ayrshire stations to clean, repair and repaint the footbridges in an investment of £600,000. [The bridges are those at Newton on Ayr, Saltcoats and Barassie.]
(Permalink) Barassie Newton on Ayr Saltcoats |
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