Lugton High railway station

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lugton High
The site of Lugton High in 2007
Location
Location Lugton
Area Ayrshire
Coordinates 55°44′30″N 4°31′38″W / 55.7417, -4.5271Coordinates: 55°44′30″N 4°31′38″W / 55.7417, -4.5271
Grid reference NS414526
Operations
Original company Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 May 1903 Opened as Lugton
1 January 1917 Closed
1 February 1919 Reopened
2 July 1924 Renamed Lugton High
4 July 1932 Closed to regular services
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-V W-Z  

Portal:Lugton High railway station
UK Railways Portal
For the station on the former Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway see Lugton railway station.

Lugton High railway station was a railway station serving the hamlet of Lugton, East Ayrshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

Contents

[edit] History

The station opened on 1 May 1903 and was simply known as Lugton.[1] It closed between 1 January 1917 and 2 March 1919 due to wartime economy,[1] and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, it was renamed Lugton High on 2 June 1924.[1] The station closed to passengers on 4 July 1932.[2]

Little remains of this station today, aside from the stationmaster's house and related buildings, the abutments of a bridge crossing the A735 to the south, and a large embankment to the north.

[edit] Lugton High in 2007 gallery

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c Butt, page 150
  2. ^ Butt, page 151

[edit] References

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
Preceding station Historical Railways Following station
Giffen
Line and station closed
  Caledonian Railway

 Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway

  Uplawmoor
Line and station closed