Kilmaurs railway station

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Kilmaurs
Kilmaurs station looking towards Stewarton
Location
Place	Kilmaurs
Local authority	East Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°38′13″N 4°31′50″W / 55.6368, -4.5306Coordinates: 55°38′13″N 4°31′50″W / 55.6368, -4.5306
Operations
Station code	KLM
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	1
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2002/03 *	68,012
2004/05 *	68,299
2005/06 *	69,436
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
26 June 1873	Opened
7 November 1966	Closed
12 May 1984	Re-opened
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kilmaurs from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Kilmaurs railway station is a railway station in the town of Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

Contents 1 History 2 Service 2.1 2007 service pattern 3 Gallery 4 References 5 Sources 6 External links

[edit] History

The original Kilmaurs station was opened on 26 June 1873 by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway. The buildings on the Up platform (the platform for trains to Kilmarnock and the South) was destroyed by fire in 1914 and replaced by a brick building which, until its closure in 1966, was the only one in south west Scotland to be centrally heated.^{[citation needed]} To the south of the station, a signal box containing 17 levers controlled the section and allowed access to a goods yard.

The station officially closed on 7 November 1966.^[1] To mark the occasion two days earlier on Guy Fawkes Night several detonators were placed on the railway line from the Habbieauld Road bridge down into the village.^{[citation needed]} The station was packed and a good number of villagers travelled the short distance into Kilmarnock on the last train. That night also saw the retiral of Willie Cuthbert, who worked at the station for most of his working life.^{[citation needed]}

The current station opened on 12 May 1984.^[1] Again the station was packed, a brass band played music for the travellers, a marquee was pitched in the car park from which the local Scout Group, 27th Ayrshire, served tea and coffee. Willie Cuthbert was an invited guest at the re-opening and was one of the first passengers to board the train for Glasgow, where a buffet was served to the 'invited guests'.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Service

[edit] 2007 service pattern

• Mondays to Saturdays - an hourly service northbound to Glasgow Central and southbound to Kilmarnock, with selected services extended beyond Kilmarnock towards Carlisle and Ayr.
• Sundays - limited service in each direction.

[edit] Gallery

Looking towards Kilmarnock. Note the new shelter. 2007.

Looking towards Stewarton. 2007.

Kilmaurs station approach. 2008.

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Butt,

[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, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Kilmaurs railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kilmarnock		First ScotRail  Glasgow South Western Line		Stewarton
Historical Railways
Kilmarnock		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways  Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway		Stewarton