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| Maidens and Dunure Railway |
Stations (north to south)
| Ayr still open |
| Alloway |
| Heads of Ayr (Butlins) |
| Heads of Ayr |
| Dunure |
| Knoweside |
| Glenside |
| Maidens |
| Tunrberry |
| Dipple (Goods) |
| Girvan still open |
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The Maidens and Dunure Railway was a light railway worked by the Glasgow and South Western Railway in Ayrshire, Scotland connecting the stations in Ayr and Girvan following a coastal route via Turnberry.
It was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1899, opening to traffic on 17 May 1906. It had a short life with the passenger service between Turnberry north to Ayr withdrawn in 1930, and the passenger service south to Girvan withdrawn in 1942. In 1947 Butlins opened a holiday camp at Heads of Ayr with a new station opening north of the previous station of the same name within the site of the holiday camp.
In 1955 the freight service south of Heads of Ayr was withdrawn, with the remaining freight working ceasing in 1959. The remaining passenger service to Heads of Ayr ceased in 1968.
| Main lines: |
East Coast - West Coast - Ayrshire Coast - Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Carstairs) - Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Falkirk) - Edinburgh-Aberdeen - Glasgow South Western - Highland |
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Glasgow commuter
lines: |
█ Argyle - █ Ayrshire Coast - █ Cathcart Circle - █ Croy - █ Cumbernauld - █ Inverclyde - █ Maryhill - █ Motherwell-Cumbernauld - █ North Clyde - █ Paisley Canal - █ Shotts - █ South Western - █ Whifflet |
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Edinburgh commuter
lines: |
█ Bathgate - █ Crossrail - █ Dunblane - █ Fife Circle - █ North Berwick - █ Shotts |
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| Rural lines: |
Aberdeen-Inverness - Far North - Kyle of Lochalsh - Tay Coast - West Highland |
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| Future lines: |
Waverley - Airdrie to Bathgate - Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Rail Link - Edinburgh Airport Rail Link - Glasgow Airport Rail Link - Glasgow Crossrail - Aberdeen Crossrail |
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| Historical Scottish Railway Companies: |
Aberdeen Railway - Alloa Railway - Arbroath and Forfar - Ardrossan Railway - Annbank to Cronberry - Ayr and Dalmellington - Ayr to Mauchline - Ayrshire and Wigtownshire - Ballochney - Bathgate and Coatbridge - Brechin and Edzell District - Bridge of Weir Railway - Busby Railway - Caledonian Railway - Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction - Callander and Oban - Cathcart District - City Union - Clydesdale Junction - Crieff & Methven - Crieff Junction - Crieff and Comrie - Darvel Branch - Denburn Valley Line - Duke of Sutherland - Dunblane, Doune & Callander - Dundee and Arbroath - Dundee and Perth - Formartine and Buchan - Edinburgh and Dalkeith - Edinburgh and Glasgow - Edinburgh and Hawick - Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction - Forfar and Brechin - General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour - Girvan and Portpatrick Junction - Glasgow and Garnkirk - Glasgow and Paisley Joint - Glasgow and Renfrew District - Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint - Glasgow Central Railway - Glasgow City and District - Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh - Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle - Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr - Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock - Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank - Great North of Scotland - Greenock and Ayrshire - Greenock and Wemyss Bay - Invergarry and Fort Augustus - Inverness and Aberdeen Junction - Inverness and Nairn - Inverness and Ross-shire - Kilbarchan Loop - Killin Railway - Kilmarnock and Troon - Kincardine Line - Lanarkshire and Ayrshire - Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire - Leadhills and Wanlockhead - Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie - Maidens and Dunure - Mallaig Extension - Monkland and Kirkintilloch - Morayshire Railway - North British, Arbroath and Montrose - Paisley and Barrhead District - Paisley and Renfrew - Perth, Almond Valley & Methven - Polloc and Govan - Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint - Rutherglen and Coatbridge - Slamannan - Scottish Central Railway - Scottish Midland Junction - Stirling and Dunfermline - Sutherland and Caithness - Sutherland Railway - West Highland Railway - Wick and Lybster - Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness - Wishaw and Coltness Railway |
