Barrmill railway station

Railway station serving the village of Barrmill, North Ayrshire, Scotland

55°43′48″N 4°36′01″W / 55.7299°N 4.6003°W / 55.7299; -4.6003Grid referenceNS367515Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGlasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint RailwayPre-groupingCaledonian and Glasgow & South Western RailwaysPost-groupingLMSKey dates26 June 1873Opened5 November 1962Closed to passengers

Barrmill railway station was a railway station serving the village of Barrmill, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.

History

The station opened on 26 June 1873,^[1] and closed permanently to passengers on 5 November 1962.^[1] Freight services continued on the line until 1964.^[2] The station was the only intermediate station on the five mile branch from Lugton to Beith Town.^[2] Today the line to Barrmill (now singled) is still in existence until just before the site of the station, where it then heads south along the original route of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway until it reaches DM Beith.

The station site has been redeveloped into a housing estate. After the regular service on the line to Ardrossan ceased buses ran from the station to Saltcoats.

Gallery

The site of Barrmill station in 2008
The railway cutting beyond Barrmill station facing Beith, near the old junction with the Dockra mineral line

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b Butt, page 28
^ ^a ^b Stansfield, page 10

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.
Reid, Donald L. (2010). Beith, Barrmill & Gateside. Precious memories. ISBN 978-0-9566343-1-3.
Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Beith Line and station closed		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway		Lugton Line and station closed