Barrhill railway station

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Barrhill

Scottish Gaelic: Am Bàrr [1]
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General information
Location Barrhill, South Ayrshire
Scotland
Coordinates 55°05′51″N4°46′56″W / 55.0975°N 4.7822°W / 55.0975; -4.7822
Grid reference NX225816
Owned by Network Rail
Managed by ScotRail
Transit authority SPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBRL
History
Original company Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping LMS
Key dates
5 October 1877Opened [2]
Passengers
2018/19Decrease2.svg 10,124
Glenwhilly
Line open, station closed
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway
  Pinwherry
Line open; station closed

Signalling

The small signal box that houses the lever frame operating the loop was installed in 1935 after its predecessor was destroyed by fire - it was originally situated further down the line at Portpatrick but dismantled and moved to Barrhill after becoming redundant at its original location. [5] The box only houses the frame however - the tablet instruments and block bells are in the main station building, which allows one railman to act as both stationmaster and signaller.

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References

  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 28
  3. "20/12/18: Services return to normal at Ayr station | ScotRail". www.scotrail.co.uk.
  4. "Train times" (PDF). www.scotrail.co.uk. 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  5. Barrhill Signal Box History Archived 24 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine www.signalbox.org; Retrieved 2009-06-15

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