Maidens railway station

Maidens
General information
Location	Maidens, Ayrshire Scotland
Grid reference	NS220076
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Maidens and Dunure Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Key dates
17 May 1906	Opened
1 December 1930	Closed
4 July 1932	Reopened
1 June 1933	Closed
Location

Maidens railway station was a railway station serving the village of Maidens, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway.

History

The station opened on 17 May 1906. ^[1] It closed on 1 December 1930, ^[1] but reopened briefly between 4 July 1932 and 1 June 1933. ^[1]

The station had a single island platform with a small wooden building with overhanging canopies. ^[2] The former station site is located next to the A719, a short distance east of the village of the same name, however the site is now a caravan park leaving no remaining trace of the station. ^[2]

References

Notes

1. Butt, page 152
2. Wham, page 12

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.
• Wham, Alasdair (1997). The Lost Railway Lines of Ayrshire : Ayrshire Railway Walks. Wigtown: G.C. Book Publishers. ISBN   1-8723-5027-5. OCLC   38356283.
• Article in British Railway Journal No 8 Summer 1985 Wild Swan Publications

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

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