Annbank railway station

Annbank
Annbank
	Location of the station in 1994
General information
Location	Mossblown, Ayrshire ; Scotland
Coordinates	55°29′28″N4°31′37″W / 55.4910°N 4.5270°W
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1 September 1870	Opened
10 September 1951	Closed

Last updated August 09, 2024

Annbank railway station was a railway station serving the villages of Annbank and Mossblown, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Ayr to Mauchline Branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway.

History

The station opened on 1 September 1870,^[1] and closed to regular passenger services on 10 September 1951.^[1] There was a line heading south from this station leading to Cumnock. There was also a line that headed north west to join the former Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway just south of Monkton railway station.

Opened by the Glasgow and South Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways in 1948, only surviving three years into the nationalised era before closure to passengers by British Railways.

Weston Bridge Halt railway station was located at Annbank near Ayr Colliery No.9 and was used by miners travelling to their respective collieries.

Today the Ayr to Mauchline line is still open as a freight line. The line to the south is open as far as Drongan, serving the former Killoch Colliery.

Preceding station		Following station
Connection to Ayr to Mauchline Branch	Glasgow and South Western Railway Monkton and Annbank Branch	Newtonhead Line and station closed
Auchincruive Line open; station closed	Glasgow and South Western Railway Ayr to Mauchline Branch	Tarbolton Line open; station closed
Connection to Ayr to Mauchline Branch	Glasgow and South Western Railway Ayr and Cumnock Branch	Trabboch Line open; station closed

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References

Notes

1 2 3 4 Butt (1995)

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
Annbank station on navigable O.S. map

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