Ardrossan North railway station

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Ardrossan North
Platform remains at Ardrossan North in 2008
Location
Location Ardrossan
Area Ayrshire
Coordinates 55°38′39″N 4°48′53″W / 55.6442, -4.8147Coordinates: 55°38′39″N 4°48′53″W / 55.6442, -4.8147
Grid reference NS228425
Operations
Original company Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Platforms 4
History
3 September 1888 Opened as Ardrossan
1 October 1906 Renamed Ardrossan Town
1 January 1917 Closed
1 February 1919 Reopened
2 July 1924 Renamed Ardrossan North
4 July 1932 Closed to regular services
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For other railway stations in Ardrossan, see Ardrossan railway station.

Ardrossan North railway station was a railway station serving the town of Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway (L&AR). The station was the original Ardrossan terminus for this line until the nearby pier station opened two years later. Although the station closed to regular services in the 1930s, its platforms remain to present day.

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[edit] History

The station opened on 3 September 1888 and was simply known as Ardrossan.[1] The opening ceremony for the L&AR was held here, with the first passenger train service also departing here for Glasgow.[citation needed] On 1 October 1906 the station became known as Ardrossan Town,[1] and was later closed between 1 January 1917 and 1 February 1919 due to wartime economy.[1]

The remains of the station in 2006
The remains of the station in 2006

Upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, the station was renamed Ardrossan North on 2 June 1924.[1] Other alternative names for the station were Ardrossan Montgomerie Street and Ardrossan Caledonian. The station closed to regular passenger services on 4 July 1932,[1] however it was reopened for a time within two years when a special return fare price was introduced.[2] The line saw use for trains going to Montgomerie Pier and the nearby Shell Mex plant until 1968. All of the track north of the station was removed in 1970, however the spur line from the former Ardrossan Railway to the south remained intact serving the nearby bitumen plant until the 1980s.[3]

Today parts of the station platforms are still in existence, though heavily overgrown. The site of the station building is now occupied by the depot for Clyde Coast Coaches.[4] The bridge that passed over the station was demolished in March 2008 and platforms underneath partially removed.[citation needed]

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Butt, page 18
  2. ^ Stansfield, page 7
  3. ^ Ewan Crawford. RAILSCOT - Ardrossan Railway. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  4. ^ McSherry, page 36

[edit] Sources

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
  • Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5. 


Preceding station Historical Railways Following station
Ardrossan Pier
Line and station closed		   Caledonian Railway

Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway

   Saltcoats
Line and station closed