Kilbirnie South railway station

For the station on the former Dalry and North Johnstone Line, see Kilbirnie railway station.

Kilbirnie South
General information
Location	Kilbirnie, Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°45′21″N4°40′53″W / 55.7559°N 4.6815°W / 55.7559; -4.6815
Grid reference	NS317546
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 December 1889	Opened as Kilbirnie
2 June 1924	Renamed Kilbirnie South
1 December 1930	Closed
Location

Kilbirnie South railway station was a railway station serving the town of Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway (L&AR).

History

A level crossing gate on Mill Road on the old branch from near the station to Dennyholm Mill in Kilbirnie.

The station opened 2 December 1889 and was simply known as Kilbirnie. ^[1] Upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923, the station was renamed Kilbirnie South on 2 June 1924. ^[1] The name change was to avoid confusion with the Glasgow and South Western Railway's nearby station of the same name, which was also incorporated into the LMS.

The station closed to passengers almost exactly forty one years after opening on 1 December 1930, ^[1] with freight services withdrawing on the same day. ^[2] By 1936 the station remained intact but was already overgrown. ^[3]

Nothing remains of the station today.

Services

A shuttle service ran from this station to Giffen and back, with around nine return journeys per day during the week and an extra two on Saturdays. ^[2]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Terminus		Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway		Glengarnock Line and station closed

References

Notes

1. Butt, p. 131
2. Stansfield, p. 28
3. Stansfield, p. 27

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.
• Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN   1-8403-3077-5.