Ardrossan Winton Pier railway station

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Ardrossan Winton Pier
The site of Winton Pier station in 2007
Location
Location Ardrossan
Area Ayrshire
Coordinates 55°38′26″N 4°49′20″W / 55.6405, -4.8223Coordinates: 55°38′26″N 4°49′20″W / 55.6405, -4.8223
Grid reference NS223422
Operations
Original company Ardrossan Railway
Pre-grouping Glasgow and South Western Railway
Platforms 1
History
27 July 1840 Opened as Ardrossan Pier
2 June 1924 Renamed Ardrossan Winton Pier
19 January 1987 Closed
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For other railway stations in Ardrossan, see Ardrossan railway station.

Ardrossan Winton Pier railway station was a railway station serving the town of Ardrossan and its harbour, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station allowed train passengers to link with the Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) ferry sailings to Brodick on the Isle of Arran and other destinations.

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[edit] History

The station was opened on 27 July 1840 as part of the Ardrossan Railway (later merged with the Glasgow and South Western Railway) and was known as Ardrossan Pier.[1] Upon the grouping of the G&SWR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, the station was renamed Ardrossan Winton Pier on 2 June 1924 in order to distinguish between the Ardrossan Pier station on the former Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway (which was renamed Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier).[1]

The station had a single island platform. With the closure of Montgomerie Pier station on 6 May 1968,[1] Winton Pier station became the sole passenger rail terminus at the harbour. The station was closed and was replaced with Ardrossan Harbour railway station (situated slightly further inland) on 19 January 1987 upon the commencement of electric services.[1]

The site of the station is now located behind the main CalMac ferry terminal building. Only the outline of where the platform was once located remains.

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Butt, page 18

[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. 


Preceding station Historical Railways Following station
Terminus   Glasgow and South Western Railway

Ardrossan Railway

   Ardrossan Town
Line partially closed; station open