Annbank railway station

Annbank

Location of the station in 1994
Location
Place Mossblown
Area Ayrshire
Coordinates 55°29′28″N 4°31′37″W / 55.4910°N 4.5270°W / 55.4910; -4.5270Coordinates: 55°29′28″N 4°31′37″W / 55.4910°N 4.5270°W / 55.4910; -4.5270
Operations
Pre-grouping Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping LMS
Platforms 4
History
1 September 1870 Opened[1]
10 September 1951 Closed[1]
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Annbank railway station was a railway station serving the villages of Annbank and Mossblown, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Ayr to Mauchline Branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway.

History

The station opened on 1 September 1870,[1] and closed to regular passenger services on 10 September 1951.[1] There was a line heading south from this station leading to Cumnock. There was also a line that headed north west to join the former Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway just south of Monkton railway station.

Opened by the Glasgow and South Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways in 1948, only surviving three years into the nationalised era before closure to passengers by the British Railways Board.

Today the Ayr to Mauchline line is still open as a freight line. The line to the south is open as far as Drongan, serving the former Killoch Colliery.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Connection to
Ayr to Mauchline Branch
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Monkton and Annbank Branch
  Newtonhead
Line and station closed
Auchincruive
Line open; station closed
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Ayr to Mauchline Branch
  Tarbolton
Line open; station closed
Connection to
Ayr to Mauchline Branch
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Ayr and Cumnock Branch
  Trabboch
Line open; station closed

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995)

Sources


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