Lugton railway station

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Lugton
Location
Location	Lugton
Area	Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°44′37″N 4°31′39″W / 55.7435, -4.5274Coordinates: 55°44′37″N 4°31′39″W / 55.7435, -4.5274
Grid reference	NS414529
Operations
Original company	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Platforms	2
History
27 March 1871	Opened
7 November 1966	Closed to passengers
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For the station on the former Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway see Lugton High railway station.

Lugton railway station was a railway station serving the hamlet of Lugton, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.

Contents 1 History 2 Current operations 3 Footnotes 4 References

[edit] History

The station opened on 27 March 1871,^[1] and closed permanently to passengers on 7 November 1966.^[1]

Today the line still open as part of the Glasgow South Western Line.

[edit] Current operations

Today the line to Beith (now singled) is still in existence until just before the site of Barrmill railway station, where it then heads south along the original route of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway until it reaches DMC Beith. DMC Beith reportly no longer require the rail connection and its removal at Lugton could allow an extension of the proposed dynamic loop on the Glasgow South Western Line, which had been planned to run only between Dunlop and Stewarton stations. The loop would allow half-hourly services to run between Glasgow and Kilmarnock.^[2]

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} Butt, page 151
2. ^ Johnson, page 1

[edit] References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Johnson, I. (2005-03-04). Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan & Transportation Committee Report (PDF). Retrieved on 2006-12-08.

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Barrmill Line and station closed		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways  Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway		Caldwell Line open; station closed
Dunlop		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways  Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway