Stevenston Moorpark railway station

Stevenston Moorpark

The site of Stevenston Moorpark in 2006

Location

Location

Stevenston

Area

Ayrshire

Operations

Original company

Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway

Pre-grouping company

Caledonian Railway

Platforms

History

3 September 1888

Opened as Stevenston

1 January 1917

Closed

1 February 1919

Reopened

2 July 1924

Renamed Stevenston Moorpark

4 July 1932

Closed to regular services

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For the station on the former Glasgow and South Western Railway see Stevenston railway station.

Stevenston Moorpark railway station was a railway station serving the town of Stevenston, North Ayrshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

[edit] History

The station opened on 3 September 1888 and was simply known as Stevenston. It closed on 1 January 1917 due to wartime economy, reopened 1 February 1919 and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, the station was renamed Stevenston Moorpark on 2 June 1924. The station closed to passengers on 4 July 1932, however it was reopened for a time within two years when a special return fare price was introduced. The line also saw use for trains going to Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier and the Ardrossan Shell Mex plant until 1968.

Today the site of Stevenston Moorpark is occupied by Caley Court, a residential home named after L&AR owners Caledonian Railway.

Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford.
Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways, Stenlake Publishing, Catrine.

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Saltcoats North Line and station closed		Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway		Kilwinning East Line and station closed
Saltcoats North Line and station closed		Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway		Ardeer Platform Line and station closed