Balchriston Level Crossing Halt railway station

Balchriston Level Crossing Halt
General information
Location	Near Culzean Castle, Ayrshire Scotland
Grid reference	NS253111
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Maidens and Dunure Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
17 May 1906 [1]	Opened
1 December 1930	Closed [2]
Location

Balchriston Level Crossing Halt was a railway halt near Culzean Castle, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The halt was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway.

History

Open in 1906 it closed on 1 December 1930. ^[2] As the name might imply, it was next to a level crossing.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Glenside Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Maidens and Dunure Light Railway		Knoweside Line and station closed

References

Notes

1. Lindsay, Page 1, Part 2.1
2. Butt, page 23

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.
• Lindsay, David M. E. (2002). G&SWR Register of Stations, Routes and Lines. G&SWR Society.
• Article in British Railway Journal No 8 Summer 1985 Wild Swan Publications
• Balchriston site named on navigable O.S. map halfway between disused Glenside and Knoweside stations

External links

• RAILSCOT on Maidens and Dunure Railway

55°21′49″N4°45′20″W / 55.36362°N 4.75552°W / 55.36362; -4.75552