Springside railway station

Springside
Springside
	The site of Springside in 2007
General information
Location	Springside, Ayrshire ; Scotland
Coordinates	55°37′05″N4°35′31″W / 55.61809°N 4.59203°W
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1890	Opened
6 April 1964	Closed

Last updated October 19, 2024

Springside railway station was a railway station serving the village of Springside, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.

History

The station opened in 1890,^[2] and closed permanently to passengers on 6 April 1964.^[1]^[3] Also known as Springside Halt, this station had no freight facilities.^[2] The line between Irvine and Crosshouse continued to be used by trains until October 1965.^[4] The last passenger train through the station was a Kilmaurs Sunday Schools special train to Ardrossan (South Beach) on Saturday, 20 June 1964.^[5]

Originally Springside had a siding and a signal box, operated by a signalman who came down from Crosshouse on the shunt; once the day's work had been completed the signalman would catch the next available train back to Crosshouse. Springside was linked to Springhill collieries numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4, as well as Cauldhame colliery. All these single track lines linked to the siding and were worked by the usual 'Pug' engines. Latterly the station was an unstaffed halt.^[6]

About 300 yards from the station was another siding known locally as 'The Hurries', serving Springside Number 10 colliery. A horse-operated line, 'The Bogie Line', ran up from the pit, conveying the hutches to be unloaded into trucks waiting at the siding.^[7]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Crosshouse Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway		Dreghorn Line and station closed

Views of the station

The station looking towards Dreghorn in the 19th century.
An 'occasion' at the station in the 19th century.
The station in 1957.

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References

Notes

1 2 Butt (1995) page 218
1 2 Wham, page 57
↑ Springside's Auld Lang Syne (2002). Springside Women's Health Group. P. 2.
↑ Stansfield, page 26
↑ Fowler, Page 15
↑ Fowler, Pages 16 & 17
↑ Fowler, Page 17

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.
Fowler, Richard. The Busby Branch. G&SWR Society
Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5.
Wham, Alasdair (1997). The Lost Railway Lines of Ayrshire : Ayrshire Railway Walks. Wigtown: G.C. Book Publishers. ISBN 1-8723-5027-5. OCLC 38356283.

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[Butt218-1] 1 2 Butt (1995) page 218

[wham-2] 1 2 Wham, page 57

[Springside-3] Springside's Auld Lang Syne (2002). Springside Women's Health Group. P. 2.

[4] Stansfield, page 26

[5] Fowler, Page 15

[6] Fowler, Pages 16 & 17

[7] Fowler, Page 17

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