Barrhill railway station

Barrhill Scottish Gaelic: Am Bàrr [1]
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
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BRL
History
Original company	Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
5 October 1877	Opened [2]
Passengers
2019/20	7,144
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. ^[4] 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.

References

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

Sources

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN   978-0-9549866-9-8.
• 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.

External links

• Video and narration on Barrhill Railway Station.