Drybridge railway station

Drybridge

Drybridge station in early 2006
Location
Place Drybridge
Area Ayrshire
Coordinates 55°35′38″N 4°36′13″W / 55.5940°N 4.6037°WCoordinates: 55°35′38″N 4°36′13″W / 55.5940°N 4.6037°W
Grid reference NS359364
Operations
Original company Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Pre-grouping Glasgow and South Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
6 July 1812 Opened[1]
3 March 1969 Closed[1]
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Drybridge railway station was a railway station serving the village of Drybridge, North Ayrshire, Scotland.

History

The site of the old goods yard.

The station was opened on 6 July 1812 by the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway.[1] The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway took over management of the station on 16 July 1846,[2] while its successor, the Glasgow and South Western Railway, took over full ownership in 1899.[3] The station closed on 3 March 1969.[1]

The station named 'Drybridge' in Moray was renamed 'Letterfourie' by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway who had acquired both stations.[4]

Today Drybridge station has its platforms intact (although overgrown), and the station building is now a private residence. The line is still open as part of the Glasgow South Western Line.

The village of 'Drybridge' is so named after the fact that most bridges up until the era of the railways were built over watercourses and were therefore 'wet bridges'; a name applied to the nearby Laigh Milton Viaduct.

Visible from the station is the only surviving standing stone on the mainland in North Ayrshire.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Butt (1995), page 83
  2. ↑ Awdry, p. 84
  3. ↑ Stansfield, p. 8
  4. ↑ Wilkinson, Page 58

Sources

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Barassie
Line and station open		   Glasgow and South Western Railway
Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
   Gatehead
Line open; station closed