Irvine Bank Street railway station

Irvine Bank Street
The former station building in 2007
Location
Place	Irvine
Area	Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°36′58″N 4°39′51″W / 55.6162°N 4.6641°WCoordinates: 55°36′58″N 4°39′51″W / 55.6162°N 4.6641°W
Grid reference	NS322391
Operations
Original company	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Platforms	2
History
2 June 1890	Opened
1 January 1917	Closed
1 February 1919	Reopened
2 July 1924	Renamed Irvine Bank Street
28 July 1930	Closed to regular services
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Irvine Bank Street railway station was a railway station serving the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

History

The station opened on 2 June 1890 and was simply known as Irvine.^[1] It closed between 1 January 1917 and 1 February 1919 due to wartime economy,^[1][2] and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, the station was renamed Irvine Bank Street on 2 June 1924.^[1] The station closed to passengers on 28 July 1930,^[1] however the line continued to be used for freight trains until 1939.^[2]

Today part of the former station buildings are in use by the Irvine Times local newspaper.

References

Notes

1. Butt, page 128
2. Stansfield, page 27

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.
• Wark, Hugh, Webster, John and Higgins, Michael (1972). "Glimpses of a Caledonian Branch". In The Railway Magazine, Volume 118, No. 851. Pages 128 - 131. (March 1972).