Ardeer Platform railway station

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Ardeer Platform
Location
Place	Nobel Industries
County	Ayrshire
Operations
Pre-grouping company	Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Platforms	1
History
3 October 1966	Closed
Disused railway stations in Scotland
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z

Ardeer Platform railway station was a railway station serving the Nobel Industries branch of Imperial Chemical Industries near the town of Stevenston, North Ayrshire, Scotland.

[edit] History

The station was originally run by both the Glasgow and South Western Railway and the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway and was open by June 1902. The station was originally called Ardeer Works Platform but at some point the 'Works' title was dropped. The station closed to trains on 3 October 1966. The station was a long, single platform to accommodate the thousands of personnel that once worked at the factory. Originally the platform was wooden but at some point was replaced with a concrete platform.

Today the platform still exists although heavily overgrown and in disrepair. The branch from the Ayrshire Coast Line that carried trains to the station still existed (branching off in another direction just before the platform) until the early 2000s.

[edit] References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford.
• McSherry, R. & M. (1998). Old Stevenston, Stenlake Publishing, Catrine.

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Stevenston Line closed, station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway  Ardrossan Railway		Terminus
Stevenston Moorpark Line and station closed		Caledonian Railway  Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway		Terminus