Beith Town railway station

Beith Town
Beith Town railway station in 1961
Location
Place	Beith
Area	Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°44′50″N 4°38′16″W / 55.7471°N 4.6377°WCoordinates: 55°44′50″N 4°38′16″W / 55.7471°N 4.6377°W
Grid reference	NS345535
Operations
Original company	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	1
History
26 June 1873	Opened as Beith
28 February 1953	Renamed Beith Town
5 November 1962	Closed to passengers
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The old station master's house.

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

History

The station opened on 26 June 1873 as Beith.^[1] It was renamed Beith Town on 28 February 1953,^[1] and closed permanently to passengers on 5 November 1962.^[1] Freight services continued at the station until 1964.^[2] The station was the terminus of a five-mile branch from Lugton.^[2]

The station site has since been redeveloped into a housing estate.

References

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 31
2. Stansfield, page 10

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3077-5.
• Reid, Donald L. & Monahan, Isobel F. (1999). Yesterday's Beith. A Pictorial Guide. Beith : Duke of Edinburgh Award. ISBN 0-9522720-5-9. P. 71.