Lugton railway station

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Location
Lugton
Place	Lugton
County	Ayrshire
Operations
Original company	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping company	Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Platforms	2
History
Key dates	Opened 27 March 1871
	Closed 7 November 1966
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

For the station on the former Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway see Lugton High railway station.

Lugton railway station was a railway station serving the hamlet of Lugton, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.

[edit] History

The station opened on 27 March 1871, and closed permanently to passengers on 7 November 1966^[1].

Today the line still open as part of the Glasgow South Western Line.

[edit] Current operations

Today the line to Beith (now singled) is still in existence until just before the site of Barrmill station, where it then heads south along the route of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway until it reaches RNAD Beith. RNAD Beith reportly no longer require the rail connection and its removal at Lugton could allow an extension of the proposed dynamic loop on the Glasgow South Western Line, which had been planned to run only between Dunlop and Stewarton stations. The loop would allow half-hourly services to run between Glasgow and Kilmarnock^[2].

[edit] References

^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford.
^ Johnson, I. (2005). Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan & Transportation Committee Report - 4 March 2005, retrieved 8th December 2006.

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Barrmill Line and station closed		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway		Uplawmoor Line open; station closed
Dunlop		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway		Uplawmoor Line open; station closed