Turnberry railway station

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Turnberry
General information
Location Turnberry Golf Course, Ayrshire
Scotland
Grid reference NS206057
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Maidens and Dunure Light Railway
Pre-grouping Glasgow and South Western Railway
Key dates
17 May 1906Opened
2 March 1942Closed

Turnberry railway station was a railway station serving the Turnberry Golf Course and its associated hotel, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway.

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History

The station opened on 17 May 1906, and closed on 2 March 1942. [1] The platform roof was sold to Dumbarton F.C. in 1957 and used as a terrace cover at the football club's former ground at Boghead Park. [2] Its significance as a railway station can still be linked to the Turnberry Hotel and club house which displays an original railway poster by Claude Buckle showing the Turnberry Hotel in 1932.

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References

Notes

  1. Butt 1995, p. 235.
  2. Wham 1997, p. 12.

Sources

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Girvan
Line closed, station open
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Maidens and Dunure Light Railway
  Maidens
Line and station closed

Coordinates: 55°18′47″N4°49′38″W / 55.3130°N 4.8273°W / 55.3130; -4.8273