Turnberry railway station

Turnberry
General information
Location	Turnberry Golf Course, Ayrshire Scotland
Grid reference	NS206057
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
2 March 1942	Closed
Location

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.

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.

References

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 235.
2. Wham 1997, p. 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
Girvan Line closed, station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway Maidens and Dunure Light Railway		Maidens Line and station closed

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