Maybole railway station

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Maybole
Maybole station from Greenside in 2005.
Location
Place Maybole
Local authority South Ayrshire
Coordinates 55°21′17″N 4°41′08″W / 55.3546, -4.6855Coordinates: 55°21′17″N 4°41′08″W / 55.3546, -4.6855
Grid reference NS298100
Operations
Station code MAY
Managed by First ScotRail
Platforms in use 1
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 48,938
2005/06 * 50,144
History
24 May 1860 Opened
1880 Rebuilt
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Maybole from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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The traditional footbridge bridge, which had replacement sides to make it disability-compliant.
The traditional footbridge bridge, which had replacement sides to make it disability-compliant.

Maybole railway station is a railway station serving the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

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[edit] History

The station was opened on 24 May 1860,[1] originally as part of the Maybole and Girvan Railway (worked and later owned by the Glasgow and South Western Railway). The station replaced the original Maybole station,[1] which was the original terminus of the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway.

The station was originally a two side platform station rebuilt in 1880,[2] with the two-storey main offices on the down platform, and a large single-storey building with glazed awning on the up platform.[2]. When the line was singled the northbound platform was removed and the building demolished. The down platform and building remains, but is no longer used by the station.

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Butt, p. 157
  2. ^ a b Hume, p.67

[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. 
  • Hume, John R. (1976). The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland, Vol. 1: The Lowlands and Borders. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-3234-9. 
  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Girvan   First ScotRail

Glasgow South Western Line

  Ayr
Historical Railways
Connection to M&GR   Glasgow and South Western Railway

Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway

  Cassillis
Line open; station closed
Kilkerran
Line open; station closed
  Glasgow and South Western Railway

 Maybole and Girvan Railway

  Connection to A&MJR