Kilmaurs railway station
Encyclopedia
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
.
. 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. 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. The current station opened on 12 May 1984.
Platform extension work started in September 2009 to cater for longer units associated with the track doubling works between Stewarton
and Lugton.
Being close to Kilmarnock station the guards often fail to sell tickets to all passengers travelling to Kilmarnock and as the station has no ticket machine the passenger figures are accordingly less than actual use.
File:Kilmaursauchinleck84.jpg|Inaugural run souvenir ticket for 12 May 1984
File:Kilmaurs180407a.JPG|Looking towards Kilmarnock (note the new shelter), 2007
File:Kilmaurs180407b.JPG|Looking towards Stewarton, 2007
File:Kilmaurs station approah.JPG|Kilmaurs station approach, 2008
File:Kilmaurs railway.JPG|Kilmaurs from the Floors farm bridge
File:Kilmaurs railway station - north view.JPG|Platform extension works - looking towards Stewarton
File:Kilmaurs railway station - south view.JPG|Platform extension works - looking towards Kilmarnock
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
in the town of Kilmaurs
Kilmaurs
Kilmaurs is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It lies on the Carmel, 21.1 miles south by west of Glasgow. Population recorded in 2001 Census, 2601- History :...
, East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders on to North Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The station is managed by First ScotRail
First ScotRail
ScotRail Railways Ltd. is the FirstGroup-owned train operating company running domestic passenger trains within Scotland, northern England and the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London using the brand ScotRail which is the property of the Scottish Government...
and is on the Glasgow South Western Line
Glasgow South Western Line
The Glasgow South Western Line is a mainline railway in Scotland that runs from Glasgow to Kilmarnock, and then either via Dumfries, or Stranraer via Ayr, with a branch to East Kilbride.- History :...
.
History
The original Kilmaurs station was opened on 26 June 1873 by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint RailwayGlasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
The Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway was a railway co-owned by Caledonian Railway and Glasgow and South Western Railway and was an amalgation of two different lines: the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway and the Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.-Glasgow, Barrhead and...
. 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. To the south of the station, a signal box
Signal box
On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable...
containing 17 levers controlled the section and allowed access to a goods yard.
The station officially closed on 7 November 1966. The current station opened on 12 May 1984.
Platform extension work started in September 2009 to cater for longer units associated with the track doubling works between Stewarton
Stewarton railway station
Stewarton railway station is a railway station in the town of Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.- History :...
and Lugton.
Being close to Kilmarnock station the guards often fail to sell tickets to all passengers travelling to Kilmarnock and as the station has no ticket machine the passenger figures are accordingly less than actual use.
2010 service pattern
- Mondays to Saturdays - a mainly half-hourly service northbound to Glasgow Central and southbound to , with selected services extended beyond Kilmarnock towards Carlisle, Newcastle, Girvan, Ayr and Stranraer.
- Sundays - hourly each way served by trains between Glasgow Central and Kilmarnock, with a few extended south towards Dumfries and Carlisle.
Gallery
File:Kilmaursauchinleck84.jpg|Inaugural run souvenir ticket for 12 May 1984
File:Kilmaurs180407a.JPG|Looking towards Kilmarnock (note the new shelter), 2007
File:Kilmaurs180407b.JPG|Looking towards Stewarton, 2007
File:Kilmaurs station approah.JPG|Kilmaurs station approach, 2008
File:Kilmaurs railway.JPG|Kilmaurs from the Floors farm bridge
File:Kilmaurs railway station - north view.JPG|Platform extension works - looking towards Stewarton
File:Kilmaurs railway station - south view.JPG|Platform extension works - looking towards Kilmarnock