Montgreenan railway station

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Montgreenan
Location
Place	Near Kilwinning
County	Ayrshire
Operations
Original company	Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Pre-grouping company	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
4 April 1843	Opened
7 March 1955	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

Montgreenan railway station was a railway station four miles north east of the town of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.

[edit] History

The station opened on 4 April 1843, and closed permanently to passengers on 7 March 1955, although the line was still in use by freight trains and diverted passenger trains until 1973.

Some of the final passenger trains ran when the Cook Street bridge was replaced on the WCML approaches to Glasgow Central station resulting in London Euston trains already diverted from the WCML to the former Glasgow and South Western Railway due to electrification works being further diverted during the Glasgow Fair weekend of July 1973.

[edit] References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford.

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Cunninghamhead Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway  Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway		Dalry Junction Line and station closed