Barrmill railway station

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.

Barrmill
Barrmill railway station in 1961
General information
LocationBarrmill, Ayrshire
Scotland
Coordinates55.7299°N 4.6003°W / 55.7299; -4.6003
Grid referenceNS367515
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGlasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
26 June 1845Opened
5 November 1979Closed to passengers

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.

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

References
Notes
  1. Butt, page 28
  2. 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
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